Thanksgiving has come and gone and we have so much to be thankful for this season. One item on my bucket list is to host a major holiday so the first major holiday that came around after we moved into our house I volunteered to host (two days before the big day, mind you)! We were so excited, but gosh we have a lot left to do in our house to host company.
We started the day with some pumpkin cinnamon rolls and the Macy's Day Parade.
Then we frantically tried to finish cleaning and start cooking. We knew there was no chance we could get everything done so I purchased our Thanksgiving feast from the grocery store. What a lifesaver! Everything was already cooked so all I had to do was heat everything the day of. I think we may be doing this for many holidays in the future whether we have the extra time or not.
Things started coming together quickly.
Then our guests arrived. Matt and I were busy finishing things in the kitchen.
My grandparents and great uncle and aunt Darrel and Jan came to celebrate with us.
Check out our new window seat we created! (more on that in another post)
Everything went well and it was very nice to have the company of family on this special day.
That night we switched gears to Black Friday shopping. We started around 5 o'clock at Michael's. It was a great first stop-not busy at all and tons of great deals. Then we went to Walmart. The first "event" began at 6 and we arrived a few minutes before. It was busy but not too crazy.
Everyone was lined up for items, not just the big ticket items, like everything. It was different. Not quite as much fun but definitely safer. We found several items on our list and filled up our cart in about five minutes. We decided it would be best if Matt check out before everyone else, take our cart of stuff out to the car and come back in. We could not haul this thing around any longer.
He checked out pretty quick, but after he loaded the car he couldn't get back into the store. They were monitoring how many people were in there so it took him about 20 minutes to get back in. In the meantime I searched the store for a few more items.
The checkout line started in the back of the store. Here were the lines as they came through the clothing section. Crazy!!! It was very well organized-I was impressed.
We headed back the next morning on actual Black Friday. There was NO ONE there!!! There were less people than I would expect to see on a typical day at that time. We picked up a Christmas tree and some other decorations. We did a little more shopping at a few other stores as well. I did head over to the mall between a few clients on Friday, and it was pretty crazy!! The holidays are upon us, and we can't be more excited!! Stay tuned to see our first decorating experience!
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