Another Thanksgiving in the books!

We now have enough left-overs

in the fridge to last us the weekend!

I'm trying to think of creative ways

to serve turkey for the next two

nights without us getting sick of it!

My absolute favorite left-over is

turkey sandwhiches on white bread

with mayo, salt and pepper!

Yumm!

We had pumpkin pie and

Georgia style pecan pie for

dessert.

Bren actually wanted pumpkin pie for breakfast

this morning.

And I, in a midnight madness sleep deprived haze,

thankfully gave her a nice thick slice

complete with a small mountain

of redi-whip.

I was happy to get out of scrambling eggs

or making french toast for her this morning.

That girl loves her french toast!

It was so great to not have dish duty!!

The kids all pitched in and got the job done painlessly.

We all settled in to a turkey induced coma

soon after sunset.

David and I turned in extra early so we could

hit the stores at the ungodly hour of 3am!

We were tenth in line at the NEX on base

and got everything on our list

within 30 minutes!

It was very well run.

They opened the doors at 4:00 so we could get in out of the cold

and wait the remaining hour inside.

I passed the time reading New Moon

the second in the Twilight series,

so the two hours we spent in line

flew for me.

They gave out tickets for the limited items

and served free coffee, hot chocolate

and spiced tea.

They also handed out coffee mugs full of holiday treats

for us crazy deal seekers.

Everyone was polite and cheerful

despite the early hour.

I bet Walmart didn't wait on their

door buster customers with such attention

to our comfort.

And so, after one sacrificial morning,

I'm happy to say that we are just about done

with our Christmas shopping

and were able to save a good chunk of money

along with all the other crazies!

Now to get them all wrapped!