Hey Everyone and Happy Thanksgiving Week! For many of us in the U.S. I am sure this is a very busy week filled with shopping and cooking and prepping for family gatherings so I am probably going to keep my content short and sweet this week! I wanted to update you on my Christmas tree which went up last night, which was a bit early (usually I like to put the tree up on Thanksgiving night or Black Friday). Basically, Mike and I were looking at our plans for the week and decided that we should put the tree up on Sunday night because we have a majority of our Christmas shopping done so we needed a place to put all the gifts and we are going to have company this week on multiple occasions so we thought it best to just have the tree in place before our visitors arrived.
I am only working two days this week, which is pretty customary for me! Today is really my only “free day,” however, as other than work, I don’t have much that needs to be done today. Tomorrow is Mike’s birthday and we will be going to dinner with my Aunt whose birthday was last week, so we are doing a little double birthday celebration! Wednesday is prep day for me because I have a lot of cooking to do on Thursday morning! We are going to Mike’s parents house for Thanksgiving along with his grandmother, aunt, uncle and cousins, but I am doing a majority of the Thanksgiving cooking for the meal at my house and then packing it up for a short one and a half our trip over to theirs. I have a 23 pound turkey to prepare, plus some sides, appetizers and desserts so this is going to be an interesting undertaking!
In case you weren’t aware, this year Black Friday shopping has spilled over on to Thanksgiving itself, so after dinner, Mike, myself and possibly some other family members will be heading over to Target to get in line for their sale that starts at 8pm. I know that seems a little intense, but they have some items that we are looking for and we know we need to get in line early if we want to secure some of the deals! After that we will be heading back home with Mike’s cousins in tow and they will be spending a few days with us doing some more shopping. We plan to hit a few outlet malls in our area before returning them to their parents on Saturday! So, yeah, this is going to be a long week for me and Mike!
What are your plans for this week? Do you go all out cooking and decorating for Thanksgiving? What about Black Friday shopping? Will you be hitting any of the major stores on Thursday night or early Friday morning to take advantage of their sales? Let us know your plans for this week in the comments!
Such a pretty teal tree! I’m a sucker for white trees with bold pops of color, and we share a love of teal 😀 Thanksgiving is huge for my family, and everyone will be in from out of town for food, shopping, dek hockey, and dinners galore.
Ahhh, teal! Yes, I love white trees, especially the pre lit kind like this one, although the lights weren’t turned on! I don’t think I will ever have a real tree in my house, like ever (too many horror stories about animals and bugs infesting homes!) You know what I was thinking though? Would you be up for some kind of blogger holiday gift swap thing with me? This is my way of saying you are a blogger friend of mine and I would like to send you a present! If anything, it can be a blog post topic for a lazy day in December? Let me know!