The Food!!!!!
We had a great Thanksgiving Day. Spent the morning chilling with the family watching The Macy's Day Parade and then the girls and I created some of our favorite dishes to take to share at my cousins home for Thanksgiving Day dinner. My oldest daughter Quisha made hummus dip with chips to share as an appetizer. I'm surprised we brought any home. I made macaroni with cheese, cornbread and Marc smoked a turkey. My youngest daughter Nicki found a bean salad recipe online. Anyone who knows Nicki knows she rarely darkens the door of a kitchen unless its to drop off take-out to put in the refrigerator. LOL
Family!
We had a great time hanging out with my cousin Pat and her family. My mom decided to take a break this year, and my sister went to meet her boyfriends family for the first time. I'm hosting Christmas dinner so my cousin Pat invited us to join them. It was great for the girls because they got to visit with their cousin Trice who now lives to far for the girls to hang out with on a regular basis.
The Shopping!
We left G-Town around 10:30 after hitting the WalMart in my hometown. Somebody had the bright idea to shop at the country WalMart (I don't know what I was thinking) I (she) forgot it was the only WalMart for miles so of course everyone and their mama was there. We then headed back to the beach so that I could shop at Kohl's. We pulled into the parking lot right at 11:45...again who's idea was this? Honestly....I love Black Friday...so its not that big a deal. The picture above is the line of people wrapped around the building waiting to get in at 12. Thanks to a church member that works at Kohl's I found my two argyle sweaters right away, only problem...we spent 45 min. in line! We finally made it back home around 2 am, and crashed...just to get up and head out again at 7:30 AM. The good news is that the majority of our Christmas shopping is complete. I even picked up a few things for Mrs. Claus! Over the next few days I'll work some magic with the flowers I brought from Michael's and start taking down the fall decor so I can decorate for Christmas. So that's my Thanksgiving Day weekend in a nutshell. Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving Day. Time to deck the halls and prepare for the most important birthday of the year!!!
Bonus: Did you happen to notice the chocolate fountain? I picked it up at ACMoore. Its originally $70. but Friday it was on sale for $40. Thanks to a 30% off coupon we ended up paying a little less then $30.00 for it. I'm so excited...this has been on my wish list forever. I can't wait to use it for our first women's ministry event of the new year!
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