55 days...

Another late post. But this time, I really have been busy. The days before Thanksgiving were pretty full. I'll try to trim it into one post.

Tuesday my sister's boyfriend came over. Great guy, so I'm not complaining. We all had fun. I made some beer &cheese bread. Stinkin' delicious.

Wednesday was equally busy. I had to cook three batches of rolls, and I stupidly tried to make them all at the same time...each recipe made roughly 4 dozen rolls. XD It was fun, though. Also helped make pies. Then I went to bed early and got a whole two hours of sleep for Thanksgiving. ^_^

Thanksgiving was, as always, awesome. Got up early, watched the parade with my family (and my sister's boyfriend, who came over to ride with us) had an awesome breakfast of sausage rolls, fruit juice, and homemade cinnamon buns (made from one of those three batches of rolls).

Then we packed up and, after watching Santa arrive (being the harbinger of Christmas that he is), left for my Aunt's house. Where we had a semi traditional Thanksgiving dinner. Just semi, because the cranberries, were canned berries. Still fun.

Headed home after planning our Black Friday trip. For the first time in 19 years, I actually got to go. ^_^ Anyway, by the time we got home, those two hours of sleep were cathing up with my. Or actually, the lack of the other 4-5 were catching up to me. My eyes were, for some reason, swollen and itchy, so I headed to bed after tossing back some Nyquil.

Friday, Black Friday...was awesome. I woke up after four hours of sleep (a record for a holiday) and showered. My sister had on some Shelley Duvall faerie tales, so I watched them whilst the others prepared. We went and picked up my aunt, then headed toward Target and Wal-mart. Or really, Sears. My Mom and Aunt went there, my sister went to Target, and sent me to Wal-mart to get stuff. I stood in line with her for a bit though. Wearing shorts in 35 degree weather...awesome.

Wal-mart was full and looked almost apocalyptic. The idiots at Wal-Mart had let people grab junk before five, but not let them pay for it until 4:35...I have no idea. At any rate, my sister had a deal with her boss: She was going to Toy's 'r Us, and we were going to Wal-Mart. So we traded money and lists. She was going to try and get an MP3 player for us, we were going to try and get a table thing for her.

And even though it was my first Black Friday (yeah, I capitalized that.) I got sent to Wal-Mart to snatch it. A Disney Princess art table. I wandered through the barren wastes, searching for a Princess...And looking for Brad Pitt and Mel Gibson.

I saw Some lady wander by with one, and walked back in the direction she had come from. Nothing. Boogers...this was getting sticky. I refused to let the boss lady get that player and we not have a table for her. So I started praying. I wonder now if it was wrong to ask for help in finding a table...but since it was not for me, but for a little child, I really don't think so. Anyway, that lady from earlier in the blog walked past again (or maybe I walked past her again...I was kind of walking in circles by that point) and I asked here where she had found it. She told me to head to the end of the aisle, and turn left. I did so, and joy of joys, there it was. Disney, Princess version and all. I picked it up and walked away into the not-even-sunrise, sunset.

Then I stood in line for awhile. An hour, probably. They opened up like twenty minutes before five, though. So it was all good. Mission: Complete.

So I walked that out to the car and then went to Target to see if I could help my sister. The line at Target, even though it had opened several minutes before, was...long. The entire length of the storefront. It took me another five minutes to get into the store, and my sister was at the front with what she'd needed to get from the Electronic line. So we walked back out to the car, then back into Target. The DVD players my Mom wanted me to grab had sold out, as had Psych season 3.

This was at 5:15. Fifteen minutes after the store had opened, it was just as bad as Wal-Mart. At any rate, she grabbed some of the $4 dollar DVD's, some of the cheap T-shirts, and a blanket of sorts, and we went and stood in line for half-an-hour. Then we went to Wal-Mart, which looked even more apocalyptic now. Schnap. Bought some cheap DVD's and a toy for a different little child she knows.

After that, we went back to Target. Which was even more insane now. Sun was starting to rise, though. She had to find some more DVD's that Wal-Mart had lacked. She also found Psych season 3, so I'm eternally grateful.

Then we saw the line stretched back to the end of the store. I was...unhappy. But then we called our aunt and found out she was checking out. XD So we handed her our stuff and got out in five minutes. YESHNESS.

After that, it was to Home Depot, which wasn't bad at all. Got some poinsettias, and I bought a knife and Leatherman tool as my family gift. I'll probably pick up some orange soda's to go with that.

Back at the car, I opened up my candy corn flavored Dots. This isn't related to black Friday...they were just nasty.

We left out and headed to Guitar Center. Which was still closed. It was 8 in the morning by now, so that's further proof I'm a musician by heart. Late sleepers.

So we went to Bass Pro. I've never been before, so it was pretty awesome. They had a several thousand gallon fish tank, which was very impressive. They had lake fish in there (Bass, Crappie, and even some Gar) at a size that I would've been happy to catch out on the big...greenish-blue/brown, depending on which lake I'm at. I had a lot of fun there.

Then it was to Family Christian bookstores. Didn't buy anything. I like Lifeway better.

Then back to guitar center. Where I was sorely tempted to spend every penny I have. I didn't...I REALLY wanted to. Of course, since every penny I have totals up to about thirty dollars...it wouldn't have got me much. :D

Afterwords, we hit the mall. I wandered about Sears for a bit, but I drew the line when they went into Victoria's Secret...No. I walked the mall holding their bags.

Then, wonder of wonders, we went to On the Border, a local Mexican restaurant that has the best fish Taco's I've ever tasted. I even talked my sister into trading one of her grilled fish tacos for one of my beer battered ones. Delicious, amigo.

Found out that the boss lady hadn't been able to get that player. I'm cool with that. TRU is the worst store to go to on Black Friday, I'm told.

By this time I was fed on Fish tacos, and quite tired. We went to Big lots, Sports Authority, and Petsmart before heading home, though. Stopped by Sonic and got an Ocean Water slush. My legs were killing my. Or really, just my shins. I didn't know my shin could even hurt.

We got home, and asked my Dad to get pizza. Neither I, nor my Mum, wanted to cook. My sister was going out shopping again...I'm not even sure she's human.

We got home at 2:15 or so. Oddly, we'd left the house at 2:00 Am. XD I asked my Mom "Wake me up when September ends" and collapsed onto my bed. I still wasn't feeling that great. Fell asleep at 3:30, then woke up at five for tasty pizza. Then I went back to bed at probably six...I don't quite remember. Woke up again at 1:00 Am, meaning I've had a full nights sleep before my normal bed time.

So here I am now Eleanor, writing this note to you in case the war leaves me but a corpse among the others.

I'm also munching cold pizza and sipping orange soda. Black Friday rocks hard.