why am i still awake?

it is after midnight and matt and i are sitting here waiting for our little mini pizza to get done for our midnight snack.  geesh.  we were out at his parents house all day.  we had thanksgiving dinner (number three) this afternoon.  it was fun to hang out with everyone.  i'm not sure what happened but at about six, all the kids went fricken insane!  it was like they found nana's bucket of sugar and snorted it.  they were wired!  it was fun to watch them play though...little goofballs.  i'll have pictures to share, but not tonight.  it is too late to deal with photographs.

i am very much looking forward to not posting every single day.  i think i had just said that in a post.  this post will get be through tomorrow in case i don't post again.  hahaha.  i think it will still count.  those early morning readers will have something to read. 

it is lightly snowing outside right now.  we woke up to a little dusting of snow this morning too.  i would like a nice blanket of white with nice clean roads.  that is my ideal winter.  okay, it would be nice if the blanket was really, really thick though.  :)  i got my little sister's mukluk's from my aunt who was using them for her little girl.  i'm pumped because they will probably fit tucker great next winter.  i really want some for myself!  little stinker might get them before me!  he also has a nice wintergreen jacket for a year or two down the road.  they are so nice!

black friday.  did anyone venture out?  i did this once and vowed never to make that mistake again.  if you had the guts (i said guts, not brains) to go out - did you find any super great finds?  please share so i can be jealous and wish i would have left my brain at home and went shopping.  :)

well, the pizza is done.  later!

Comments

[wishcake]

I'm with you on the Black Friday thing. My husband and I went last year for a TV (we ended up with a fabulous TV for only $400 - weee!), but I realized that the whole mindset of that day turns me into a raging beeyotch. I try to stay away from that as much as possible.

We decided not to go this year because anything we thought about purchasing was moreso a "want" than a "need". So we slept in instead. (:

Oh, and midnight snacks are the greatest snacks ever.

[Big Time Fancy]

I've gone out on Black Friday ONCE. And there's a way to going about it that makes it a lot less stressful.

For one, do not go at 4am. It's a zoo. And sleep is awesome.

For two, if your mall has a Sears as an anchor store, and there's a door to that Sears in the hardware section? Park as close as you can to that door. There WILL be parking.

For three? Go around 7 or 8 pm. All the early-day shoppers are sleeping, and most people are earing dinner. Also, lots of people are unaware that most malls institute holiday hours. Crowds tend to thin out around 7:30, and it's clear sailing from then on.

(I used to work at a TREMENDOUSLY huge suburban mall. I think it's like, number three behind mall of america.)

[Clara]

The most I ventured out yesterday was to Target because, well, we needed to go to Target and we were awake. Got some great deals on movies. That's it. I hate shopping on Black Friday. I leave that to other people in my house.

[zoe]

i ventured out. i saved lots of $$$ but bought no presents. just clothes my kids needed now. it was easier than making breakfast for my gang.

[Jaime]

I went to Michaels to get Cmas decorating stuff. And all we got accomplished was Dane ripped all the poinsetta leaves off as I went down the aisle:) hehe.. It was terrible. I had the 2 kids with me, the deals were NOT sweet (probably because I got there at 10am), and the cashier messed up with my coupon so I had to go back! Grrr... I NEVER go out on Black Friday simply because I hate getting up early!