Thanksgiving 2010

At long last, the holiday season has arrived!  This Thanksgiving, I didn’t really have much to be thankful for other than the usual—family, friends, a home, my health, work, and the never ending experiences (good and bad) in my so called life.  This year, I am back in Georgia with my mother as we roll into the holidays.  We spent some time with a couple of my friends, eating and enjoying being in each other’s company.  My tribute to the Thanksgiving meal was a couple of homemade pumpkin pies.  We ate and were merry ‘til the wee hours of the night.

On Friday morning, or as many others so commonly know it as Black Friday, I was up before the sun and headed on over to the mall to do some shopping.  I know some of you probably think that this is crazy, while others of you could relate.  Why did I choose the mall instead of some other stores like Wal-Mart, Best Buy, or Target you ask?  I chose it because of its one-stop shop appeal as well as for the fact that I’m more of a clothes and apparel kind of gal.  And so at the mall is where I shopped ‘til I dropped (a couple bottles of Bath & Body Works antibacterial soap while trying desperately to scratch my itchy nose with hands full of shopping bags) from 6 a.m. until sometime well after 10 a.m.  I did all this by myself.  No partner in crime, nor friend in tow—not even just someone I could’ve dragged with me just for the use of standing in line (and boy, were the lines long)!

Take, for example, the line at GAP.  There was a 50% off everything sale that lasted only until 10 a.m.  I’m not much of a GAP person, but I went there on behalf of my beloved sister.  I wanted to get her a pair of jeans because I know that she loves the jeans there, especially if it’s a good deal.  Unable to reach her, I considered buying some sleepwear and a scarf.  That was, until I saw the outrageous line that went from the cashier counter to the front of the store and snaked around the massive store.  Going through the line would’ve taken me at least an hour until I finally reached the register; time that I didn’t want to waste and so I therefore put the merchandise back and walked out of the store.  Like I had said, I’m not much of a GAP person anyway.

After my shopping spree, I went home to take a little nap before running some errands and heading into work for a little while.  Upon it being slow at work, I left early to meet with a couple of good friends from high school, whom I have not seen in over a year.  We caught up on life over some drinks.  My holiday is turning out to be off to a good start.  :o)