Black Friday

I know, i know, i know...so behind on my blog postings. After Thanksgiving, I always look forward for all the sales on Black Friday. Yes, I'm one of those crazy shopper that will venture out into the bitter cold at 5am. A few weeks before Thanksgiving, I usually scour the internet to see, if any of the Black Friday ads been leaked already. Once the leaked ads are posted online, I go through them all to plan out my strategies, meaning which stores to hit up first.
Typically, I skip Walmart and Best Buy. My reason for doing is so a) I'm not that crazy to camp out the night before the in the bitter cold (Best Buy), and b) I don't want to get trampled to death. Shoppers at Walmart are ruthless!!! I'm sure everyone heard of the holiday shopper, who got stampeded  to death last year. Thanks, but no thanks.  Usually I hit up Target, or Kohl's or the office supply stores. This year however I only had to make one stop, as I was searching for computer related items only. Lucky, for me Staples opened their doors at 6am, which meant I didn't have to wake up at 4am. After all the madness in the morning, I crawl right back into bed!!! Believe me, my bed is literally screaming my name to crawl back in. Dealing with crazy shoppers on Black Friday, falling back into bed feels good. In the afternoon, I try to hit up the big department stores at the Mall and Best Buy, to see if I can get lucky and still score some of the door buster items. Now, on to the loot I got this past weekend:

From Best Buy : the compaq netbook for $179.99

Best Buy Door Buster: 32inch flat screen for $379.99

from Staples: 1TB External Hard Drive for $70.00

from Staples: 500gb portable Western Digital Hard Drive for $70.00

Thanksgiving

This post comes few days late. Oh well. I was simply to lazy to blog, even though I didn't do much over the weekend. This was the first Thanksgiving, where Jared and I aren't dating. Amazing, huh? With my dad in Africa, my mom in Virgina, Jared's folks in MT, it was left up to Nita and I to cook Thanksgiving dinner. Now, I know why people order pre-cooked Thanksgiving dinner. It's soo much easier and you don't have to stand all day in the kitchen. Enjoy the photos. 

Roasted Turkey Breast

Ham

 

Broccoli-Cauliflower gratin

 

 Spinach Salad with apples, cranberries, candied pecans & walnuts. Dressing: Honey Dijon Mustard Vinegrette

Nita's homemade apple pie 

 The Austin Family , who I had invited to celebrate the holidays with us.

 Calvin & Spencer passed out in the Living Room.

I think Marlith and I were the only people awake after our Thanksgiving meal. Jared was passed out as well. Then again, that was to be expected, as he had worked the night before. And know surprise here, of course, Nita and & Nat were passed out upstairs. Other dishes incl.: Sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, homemade cranberry sauce, string beans with mushrooms & bacon, bruchetta, chocolate chip pie, baked macaroni casserole, platter of fresh fruits. If I'm not mistaken that was it.