Thanksgiving Weekend

[hannalovescats]

And here we are, already Sunday again. How does a four day weekend fly by that fast? Well to be fair it is only 10am on Sunday so I still have a good amount of the day in front of me but still. :) 

Anyway we had a nice low key holiday weekend. On Thursday for Thanksgiving we went to Chuck's, a local restaurant. It's been there for ages but recently was purchased by new owners, another restaurant family from the area. All in all they didn't change too much inside and the food was still delicious so can't complain. The crowd at the bar for Thanksgiving was interesting but it made for some fun people watching. And we also ran into a couple people we knew so it was fun to hang out for a while. Also watched the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade, both at home and while at the restaurant. And later at home we watched the new Downton Abbey movie. We had seen it before when it first came out but this was on the Blu-Ray with the director's commentary and other special features and so on. 

I had Friday off for Black Friday which was nice and we ran a few errands in the morning and then had lunch before stopping into Jlaw for a little bit for Happy Hour. They had a gift card special where you got $20 when buying a $100 gift card. Not a bad deal. 

And yesterday we went for brunch and watched 2 of the new Stranger Things episodes. Maybe tonight we will be able to watch the other two. I have a few projects going for the day today. Have 2 letters I need to write plus finish up the rest of my cards. Mainly the ones that need to packaged up with some other stuff. Also have my book to finish as we are discussing that in our work book club on Tuesday (Freida McFadden "Never Lie") And want to put up the little table top tree that I bought. I am planning on putting it on top of a book shelf so hopefully it will be safe from our cat Wednesday. We will see how that goes. 

For Black Friday shopping, also ended up buying more than I probably should have but to be fair they were all very good deals. Got some lotions/body cream from Bath & Body Works and a new vacuum at Kohl's. Kohl's also had a deal where you got extra Kohl's cash so I will have some extra money to spend at the store. If I like my tree I may end up buying a second one to put up on another shelf. But I will have to see how the first one looks before making a final decision. 

And last but not least we also booked a vacation for our upcoming 25th wedding anniversary (how crazy is that? 25 years?!?) Our anniversary is February 10th and our trip will be end of February into early March. Heading to the Algarve region in the south of Portugal. It really was a good deal. About $1500 for both flights, 6 nights in a hotel and a rental car. Really can't argue with that. 

Mail Update: Still owe a response to Celia/MA and Nina/WA.