Thanksgiving 2012

This year was our year to spend Thanksgiving with my family

but considering finals are in 2 weeks 

and the drive to Greenville is 16.5 hours from Lubbock, 

we voted to stay close to home. 

Our plan was to go to Angel Fire, New Mexico

and stay at Blake's friend Dave's parents place. 

We were going to ski, relax, build fires

and just relax. 

But the closer it got to Thanksgiving

with the weather still in the 70's during the day 

and no snow on the ground, 

we decided to stay put

and have a "staycation" here in Lubbock. 

I was a little sad to not be with my family;

however, now that the long weekend is over 

and we are not exhausted from being in the car, 

there's no laundry pile that needs to be washed

and we feel rested, 

I am totally okay with our decision!  

I was planning to just pick some food up on Wednesday 

since there was only 2 of us 

and cooking a turkey would yield way more than we could eat.

But again, 

the closer we got to Thanksgiving 

I decided it's not Thanksgiving with out the true Thanksgiving meal. 

So we headed to Market Street Wednesday around 4 to stock up! 

Our Thanksgiving consisted of: 

turkey 

green bean casserole

sweet potatoes

corn 

Angel biscuits 

It was delicious!! 

We napped, rested, took a walk and went to sleep. 

It was a wonderful day spent with my favorites!! 

Friday we slept in 

and then due to boredom

headed to the mall around noon to see all the crazy shoppers. 

It really wasn't all that bad 

but then again, 

it was late in the day for the nutty shoppers to still be out. 

Saturday we slept in again, 

and then headed out to the local stores for Small Business Saturday. 

We didn't buy anything either day

(weren't ever planning too)

we just needed something to get us (or rather me) out of the house 

for a little while. 

We then headed home to watch the Rebels win the Egg Bowl!! 

Hotty Toddy! 

Thanksgiving 2012 is in the books 

and will definitely be one of the most "relaxing" holidays we ever have! 

Hope you had a blessed and relaxing 

Thanksgiving with loved ones too!