So, who is ready to go back to work or school? Not I. Pretty sure my husband would agree.
Thanksgiving was nice. Kevin & I shared our first holiday as a married couple. It really does not feel any different. We dated for 3 years. This was not our first rodeo. Maybe, I pitched a huge stinkin' fit on our way to his mom's house. We will not go into details, but I sure tried to get my point across. Even went as far as turning around to go home. All over :::drum roll please::: Kevin NOT wearing his wedding band. I understand him not wearing it to work. Ok, fine. BUT I do expect he wear it to OUR FIRST HOLIDAY DINNER TOGETHER BEING MARRIED. Whatever. That's over. We made up. I will say we are both sooooooo stubborn. Oh, man. We did not speak the entire way to Waverly, which is a 2 hour drive. O-M-G. That was super hard for me.
We left Waverly around 1:45-2:00 to come back to Portland. We totally missed my mom's family Thanksgiving. Kind of hate that we missed that, but you can only be one place at a time and it just so happens that both of our families eat at the same time. I think we should start alternating years, we will see how that works out for us next year.
My dad's family likes to eat later, which is perfect! We ate, we laughed, we shared stories, drank our wine, and laughed a little more. We drew names for Christmas- this was the best part. We all traded the name that we drew. Shhhh..don't tell the grandmother. HA!! Some people are just easier to buy for...
Black Friday may just be one of my most favorite days of the year. I love love love love love love buying presents for people. I picked my mom up at 9pm and we headed to Electronic Express. I was after the 19inch flat screen TV's. Well, some girl in front of us in line was so totally annoying. It is amazing the things you learn about people. In 1 hour this is what I found out- stupid redneck girl (who had half of her pant leg tucked into her boot) has 2 kids, she lives in the top of her grandparents house with her husband, who by the way had to be at work at 5am. She was there for a 60 inch LED flat screen for her grandpa. She has a big dog and her pomerarian got ran over while she was pregnant with her last child who was born in January. Interesting huh? Oh it get's better....weird old lady who walked up behind us to get in line. She has a grandson, that is why she was out shopping. She was after the Android Tablet that was on sale for $69.99. She would not be out if it were not for him. She couldn't finish her root beer because she would have to use the rest room. She bought her watch at Fred's for $12 but had to buy a new band for it, a new battery, and all together now she has about $30 in her Fred's watch. Sweet. Here is the best one, we will refer to this one as the Harley man. ANNOYING. He made me want to cuss a lot. I didn't though. Anyway, he had his blue heeler in his car. He rides Harley's and solicits money for St. Jude's children hospital. He has several grandbabies, I lost count after 3 or 4. I think the final total was 7. He has a girlfriend. She was at Wal-Mart. When she calls him, he answers "yeah, baby" He was there for an Android Tablet as well. He and the weird old lady created an alliance, they were going to help each other out. Whatev. Anyway, he is a cancer survivor. Lung cancer to be exact. Oh yeah, here is the absolute best part. RIGHT after he told his lung cancer story and his purpose behind raising money for St Jude..................................he lit up a cigarette. I stopped feeling sorry for him at that point. Stupid redneck girl convinced me that the 24inch TVs were on sale for $119. SWEET. I was pumped for that deal. I go in, grab my items, and dang if we did not end up in the check out line with lung cancer survivor/harley ridin/ smoker. Here we go again, except this time he is chatting with my mom (who so graciously agreed to shop with me). He notices her Harley shirt, great. Just freaking great. This should open a whole new can of worms. EXCEPT, all he can say is "I love a woman with Harley Davidson across her chest" REALLY.....that is my mom and she is married to my step dad. I don't care if you love that, get your girlfriend a Harley shirt and tell her how much you love Harley across her chest. Some people. Anyway, he checks out and we are next. I had planned to pay with cash. Already had it all out and ready to pay. Low and behold, stupid redneck girl failed to tell me that the 24inch TVs for $119 were ACTUALLY computer monitors. O-M-G, again. So, my heck of a deal on TV's that I waited in line for over 2 hours for, ended up costing me an extra $100. Whatever, the kids got bigger TV's. They were still on sale, just not for $119. Life goes on & we went to Wal-Mart. Picked up the few things I needed there and dropped the mom off at 1am. The husband and I went back out the next morning. We had fun, spent money, bought more presents, and enjoyed being with each other.
My Black Friday advice: Don't talk in line. You will have a blog written about you :) Don't listen to anyone in line about what is or is not on sale. (So. Dumb. Of. Me.)......................
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