Black Friday & Breaking Dawn

We survived Black Friday in the best way!  It was a little crazy getting to the mall and getting parked (the exit off of the interstate was backed up for miles!) but once we did, we had a successful night of shopping! With the excpetion of having to order one thing for my FIL off the interent and practically all of Aidan's stuff we are pretty much done! I was trying to calculate in my head how much money we saved and I think it's somewhere close to $700!  We shopped for 8 people so that's a pretty great savings. It feels so good to have most of it done and now all we have to worry about is enjoying the season!  I have a ton of stuff I want to get done around here before I can even think about putting up a tree but I am all set to decorate!

I love all the time you get off around the holidays! It's been so nice to have Adam and Aidan together all to myself! I have only been home for 2 days and I feel like we have done so much! Tonight Adam and I saw the new Twilight movie Breaking Dawn, Part 1.  We aren't huge Twilight fans but we love going to the movies so we thought we would see it. I could have waited for it to come to ON DEMAND but I am glad I got to see what all the fuss has been about.  And now I wonder what. all. the. fuss. is. about.  Now I have to see what happens in Part 2. 

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Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to you all!!!  I hope you are somewhere enjoying the company of your loved ones and something really yummy to eat!! 
I for one will be spending the day with my boys, my brothers and my parents. We are kicking the day off with the annual Thanksgiving Day parade here in Charlotte. In case you are unaware the parade in Charlotte is the 4th largest in the country.  Who knew?

I was in charge of dessert again this year and my brother Bobby requested my turtle Cheesecake from last year and I would never let him down! It looks amazing! The recipe if your interested is here. I am honestly just so flattered someone would want to eat something I made twice!! =). I might be getting good at this cooking thing! Something else to be THANKFUL for!

Believe it or not my husband has convinced me to go Black Friday shopping tonight at midnight!  I don't think he has any clue what he is getting himself in to but it should be fun.  If anything it's an excuse to spend time alone with him!

As always I am really so thankful for all of you, my readers.  I love this little space of mine on the internet and you make it that much better!

Happy Thanksgiving!