Happy Thanksgiving! We had ours tonight (Wednesday)
as is our usual custom, and then our van went kablooie on the way home,
which has also been our usual custom as of late. Blurg! Our half an
hour return trip became an hour and a half return trip requiring a mere
two stops to the side of the road to let the car cool down. We are now
in the process of making up a new “I hate cars” song.

Thanksgiving was great. My BIL deep fried a turkey, as is his usual custom, and this year it was butterbeer and garlic (he was apparently feeling Harry Potter-ish). Sounds weird; tastes awesome. Deep fried turkey is extremely moist, and it is definitely the best way to cook a bird.

So I got home tonight (finally) and checked my
inbox to discover an email from Gymboree. Apparently calendar-reading
is not one of their strong suits over there. They have started their
Black Friday sale already! Since this is technically Wednesday night or
Thursday morning depending on where you live, I don’t know what they’re
doing, but I’m going to go buy coats for my kids for next year as soon
as I’m done with this . $14 each! Plus I got a 20% off coupon in
the mail the other day, which makes these coats closer to $11 instead of say, $40. Yay!!!

Then I shall sleep because tomorrow I have to
conquer the stupid couch o’ clean clothes before I trek to the outlet
mall at midnight (or 11:00 since that’s when our crazy outlet opens)
for the $4.50 gymmies. I love Black Friday! I should just save up all
my money and only buy clothes on that day. Happy Thanksgiving (again)!

Rachel