It was kind of a fraught Thanksgiving in the USA this year, with government officials pleading with people to not travel (people traveled) and keep it small (many did, some didn't) and not to mix households (difficult). It was especially difficult if you're scaredy-Kim. But it's not that difficult some of your immediate family lives in the same town as you. I didn't blog about this last year, but the lovely Kristen, Nephews A & B, and my brother who never reads my blog moved to the ...
Thanksgiving wrapup
It's the holiday season, mofos! More importantly there's only about 3 weeks until the sunshine starts coming back into my life so cheers to that. This year we had Thanksgiving at my cousin S's house and I was asked to bring ... MASHED POTATOES. You guys. This was big, because mashed potatoes is one of the dishes that is mission-critical to the feast. I was honored and broke out my favorite cookbook -- Mark Bittman's How to Cook Everything -- for the occasion. If this were a food blog, ...
Star of wonder…star of light
From my Treo!Star of wonder...star of light We were feeling rich and elitist, so we visited the apple store. ;-) is it wrong of me to actively *want* someone to write a really nasty virus for macs?That said...the video ipods are sweet.Oh, now we're at the Promenade in Marlton. ...
Agony of defeet!
From my Treo!Agony of defeet! Out of the four feet present on today's journey...one is having troubles. So we made a tiny pitstop for comfort. Mission accomplished at best buy, by the way. I'm getting a 4.5 foot tree for the apartment here at walgreens. And some TLC for an aching tootsie. ;-) ...
Lunch
From my Treo!Lunch It is so nice out we left the coats in the carafter target and headed to wegman's for lunch. Now it's off to best buy next door. :) we've been on the road for nine hours and fifteen minutes.Rawr! ...
Consumerism at its finest
From my Treo!Consumerism at its finest Leaving the cherry hill mall now and headed back to kohl's to see if the lines subsided. I'm actually knocking a few things off my list. Plus, free mickey ears at the disney store!In kohls now. Lines are shorter. But I just lost Mom. :/ ...
Cherry hill mall
From my Treo!Cherry hill mall Bought the 'bean' at penneys. it's a 'core' exerciser. We each.got a free snowglobe.went to hallmark and now in bath and body works. Huge lines and it's going to be 58 degrees and sunny today so crowds will only increase as the day goes on.It's hard to pick things up thinking they'd be perfect for someone then realize I don't have that someone to shop for anymore. ...
Black friday – morning has broken
From my Treo!Black friday - morning has broken We were on the road by 6am (that's sleeping in for us!) and hit kohl's first. Pretty disappointing...as again you only got the $10 gift card if you spent $50. The lines for the cashiers stretched around the entire store. So after waiting almost 20 minutes and moving up 2 people-lengths, we bailed. Their earlybird sales are good 'til 1pm, so no biggie. Kohl's also had so few carts available that people were taking their stockboxes off the floor ...
Black Friday postmortem
15 hours after we embarked on our endeavor, I am home.We dined at Buca di Beppo, then fueled by Pepto Bismol, we went to The Promenade to cap off our night. It was powerful cold, so we only mustered the energy to do two stores:Blue Tulip (Mom bought me an ornament for driving her around all day.)Douglas Cosmetics Bought nothing, but discovered Too Faced, a cosmetic company that makes lip balm called "Bunny Balm" and has an eyeshadow color named "George and Weezy."What we do sounds insane when ...
Black Friday
We're still managing to kick Black Friday's ass and send it crying to it's Momma.We took the Patco Hi-Speedline to the 8th and Market Streets in Philadelphia. Shopped...Strawbridge's (This one had my coat, in my size, still too expensive)Burlington Coat FactoryStarbucks, but the line was too longLord and Taylor (Saw the legendary Christmas Light Pageant I saw this as a tiny girl, and it was a kick to see that even though the store's ownership has changed thrice, the light show remains)We ...
Black Friday, 2004
We arrived at Sears at 5:45 for its 6:00am opening...the prize was a cherished $10 gift card given to the first 200 people. The line snaked around the corner of the building. We were hopeful, but alas, we arrived too late.Other stores hit so far:Strawbridge's (Moorestown)Rack Room shoes (remind me to tell you about this)JC Penneys (missed getting the free Mickey Mouse snowglobe)Strawbridge's (Cherry Hill -- my coat...sold out)Silver Diner (Me: Caramel French Toast and a hot cocoa - NOT the way ...
Black Friday inspiration
Black Friday"I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is the moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious."Vince LombardiIt's Black Friday.Game on. ...
