Christmas Crazies!

Yes, it's that time of year again...everyday a long list of things to get done. We had a very nice Thanksgiving at our house with my parents. I made it easy on myself this year and just made a roaster chicken. I made mashed potatoes and corn casserole. Mom brought the stuffing and whoopie pies for dessert. After dinner, we watched old movies on my parent's projector which were really fun to watch. My parents took the kids overnight and i headed over to John and Katie's to look over the ads and plan our strategy for Black Friday.

We had another successful Black Friday shopping day. I set my alarm for 2 am and at 2:20 sat straight up in bed and thought, i am supposed to be at my mother-in-law's house in 10 minutes!! Here i forgot to turn my alarm on after setting it! Thankfully all i had to do was wash my face, brush my teeth and hair, and get dressed and i was out the door by 2:30! I pulled into Nancy's driveway at 2:45 and it was off to Tom's for a cappucino to keep us warm while standing in line. We arrived at Kohl's at 3:20 and at 4 am on the dot, the doors opened and the crowd poured in. We were in for quite a surprise when we realized the carts were not in their usual place. They had scattered them up and down the aisles! Frantically we headed for different aisles to find that precious cart that we got up so early for! Thankfully i found one cart all by itself that had our name on it. Then it was off to the toy department, clothes, housewares, etc..We waited in line for an hour and then it was off to Walmart where i have to say were the best bargins of the day. Lastly we headed back to York to Toys R Us. With barely any parking spaces left, we hurried in to find those video games for 9.99 before 1 pm! The electronics department was something else as well. It had a line to enter and you had to tell the workers what you were looking for and they would go get it for you. There was no browsing! Well, we did get away with this by me holding our place in line and Nancy looking, and then her holding our place and me looking. What an ordeal! Around 3 pm we headed home after going strong for a full 12 hours!

The weekend was just as busy...Erin came for the crib Saturday morning and i was quite happy to free up some space to make room for more goodies in 24 days! I took the kids grocery shopping and did things around the house. On Sunday we got the Christmas tree and decorations out. Hannah was very interested this year and even Cody was handing us ornaments to put on the tree. Then it was off to Target for supplies for my gift bags that i make for coworkers. We ended the evening watching Tinkerbell which was premiering on Disney. Hannah was so excited for this. We both ended up falling asleep on the couch!

Today i had another long list of things to get done. My head is spinning! I did finish my calendar gift for the grandparents and also did some online shopping. Now it's off to start dinner. I love this time of year but it sure is busy!