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Friday, November 29, 2013

Family Tradition

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and a great day with family and friends!
We started off the day watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. This has been a tradition every since I was a kid. My favorite part is the Radio City Rockettes. I also wanted to be one when I was younger. I ended up not being tall enough though, but a girl can still dream! Once the parade was over we got ready to leave the house.
We had dinner at my parent's house and ate way too much! It was so nice to have a day off and just relax.
Every year we go to the movies after dinner. To make if fair, we each write a movie down on a piece of paper and then my mom draws one. Whichever movie gets drawn is the one we see. This is a fun little tradition that we've had for many years. This year we ended up seeing Last Vegas. It was really funny so it wasn't a bad pick.
After the movie my sister came to our house and we all took a nap before heading out to do a little shopping. We got to our local mall at 1:00 am and I was surprised to see that most of the stores were open. Usually it's just the bigger stores. I was hoping to find a Kitchen-Aid Stand Mixer but really didn't find the deals I was looking for. I did get some Blu-Rays at really low prices, which is always good.
After the mall we swung by Wal-Mart but didn't really find anything great. We had some food and then headed home. We didn't get to be until after 4:00 am and boy was I tired. We ended up sleeping in quite late, which was to be expected.
In the afternoon a took out the Christmas decorations and put up the tree. Hubby goes bowling on Friday nights so this is my time to get the house ready for the season. I also have a Christmas movie marathon while I put the tree up.


Now it's time to relax and enjoy the rest of the weekend!
Stay safe and enjoy your weekend!

What are some of your family's traditions? Do you go Black Friday shopping? When do you start decorating your house?

Thursday, November 28, 2013

Happy Thanksgiving

I hope that everyone is having a great day giving thanks and spending the day with their families!
The hubby and I will be spending the day with family and then heading out to the movies.
This is a tradition that we have had for many years, since before we were married.  My sister and mom usually come with us too. We each pick a movie and write it on a piece of paper and one of us draws it out of a hat. So I don't know what we are seeing yet. This is one of my favorite traditions that we have.
My hubby, sister and I will also probably go black Friday shopping tomorrow but we like to spend today with family.
Have a great day! HAPPY THANKSGIVING!