Busy Busy

Here is what I've been up to!

Yummy southern Thanksgiving dinner with my family. It was so fun to be together, the food was delish and I made my first pie crust, which turned out sooo good. We made it in the food processor- a little different but I would never do it any other way! My Dad also deep fried the turkey....I could eat that all day.

I took my chances and headed out on black friday at 6:30am. This is pretty much what I walked into at Walmart.

It was totally NOT worth it. The store was so ransacked that I couldn't even find where the movies I was looking for were supposed to be. The only positive was hitting 4 different stores and shopping by MYSELF and it was still only 7:30 when I was done!
Here is what I learned about Black Friday- don't go in the morning, go in the afternoon! Nick and I went out again around 2 to WalMart, the store was calmer and the electronics section was full of carts with return items in them. Just dig through their carts and check up at customer service- we found everything we were looking for! Then we did the same thing at Target and found lots great deals/presents. It turned out to be a good day.


I also put out my Christmas decor. My tree is so pathetic, it's not even fun to put it up. I am demanding a good tree after Christmas this year when they go on clearance. But I do love my mantel..so it helps. Here are some decorations I drool over at Pottery Barn

love it.

I have so much wrapping stuff right now I would LOVE this. You can never have too much ribbon or wrapping paper (that's why I am going to Costco tomorrow to hunt for more!)

Hope everyone is getting into the holiday spirit!