Thanksgiving went well, tons of turkey leftover… and the bird wasn’t that big. I think because there were so many sides. Hits were the cranberry sauce and the lime cheesecake. Miss was the stuffing (used whole wheat bread and it just didn’t have the same flavor – the bread overpowered the other flavors).
Thursday night went to a neighbor's to watch a dvd (Seven Days in Utopia) and almost fell asleep!
Next came Black Friday. We headed to the mall late, by 11ish, because there was nothing earth-shattering that I saw/that we needed to get up at 4am for. The first store I went to was offering a “spend $50, get $15 so I upped my purchases from $39 to $50 after waiting in a horrendous line. I ran around trying to get about $11 more worth of merchandise before the price chaned even though they said they were extending the hours, until I realized that if I used my store credit card, the extra 15% off would mean that I’d have to buy even more – trying to do this math in my head... quickly. Then was told no, it wasn’t 15%, but %20 off, and trying to read the low-contrast price screens without my glasses. And then the price screens started to change (is this new technology?! I’d never seen them before!) back to their after-1pm prices! Stressful, but I got some good stuff!
Saturday, came down with the motherload of a cold. Turkey soup tasted good.
Sunday dh and kids went over to a neighbor's but didn't stay long. Came home and watched some football... I wasn't really into it.
Today I deconstructed the rest of the turkey and carved the leftover dark meat away and made soup from the bones, turkey croquettes and turkey/cranberry salad with some of the white meat. Added more dark meat to the soup. Froze the rest of the dark meat.
Thursday night went to a neighbor's to watch a dvd (Seven Days in Utopia) and almost fell asleep!
Next came Black Friday. We headed to the mall late, by 11ish, because there was nothing earth-shattering that I saw/that we needed to get up at 4am for. The first store I went to was offering a “spend $50, get $15 so I upped my purchases from $39 to $50 after waiting in a horrendous line. I ran around trying to get about $11 more worth of merchandise before the price chaned even though they said they were extending the hours, until I realized that if I used my store credit card, the extra 15% off would mean that I’d have to buy even more – trying to do this math in my head... quickly. Then was told no, it wasn’t 15%, but %20 off, and trying to read the low-contrast price screens without my glasses. And then the price screens started to change (is this new technology?! I’d never seen them before!) back to their after-1pm prices! Stressful, but I got some good stuff!
Saturday, came down with the motherload of a cold. Turkey soup tasted good.
Sunday dh and kids went over to a neighbor's but didn't stay long. Came home and watched some football... I wasn't really into it.
Today I deconstructed the rest of the turkey and carved the leftover dark meat away and made soup from the bones, turkey croquettes and turkey/cranberry salad with some of the white meat. Added more dark meat to the soup. Froze the rest of the dark meat.