This was our last unmarried Thanksgiving and both of our family get-togethers were scheduled on Thanksgiving day at the same time so we decided to split up. It didn't bother either one of us because we figure we'll have the rest of our lives to have to make decisions on where we go and how we divide up our time! We went home on Wednesday, the day before thanksgiving, and William stayed at my house that night. He left Thanksgiving morning to go to his grandparent's for the day while I visited mom's side for lunch and dad's for dinner. William and I both went with our moms on black friday and got some great deals! Here' my favorite part: I love Shoe Carnival. I get all my shoes there and it happens to be about 5 minutes from my house in Garner. Last year we got our black friday sales papers and I saw that shoe carnival was giving away a $100 shopping spree at 7 am. I told my mom we HAD to go to be a part of this drawing and so we finally dragged in there at about 6:50. We got our tickets, looked around for a bit, and they had this little girl pull a ticket. Whose number do you think was called? Yes....I won. LOL So I bought shoes for my mom and I and I haven't needed a pair since November of 2009. Well, here we were November of 2010 and my shoes are worn out. We get our black friday sales papers and What? Another Shoe Carnival $100 shopping spree? Why yes, I think we will go again. So here mom and I go...we had already been to walmart and target and we roll up at shoe carnival at about 6:52. We get our tickets, same old routine, and this little boy picks the ticket out. All of a sudden mom starts screaming and jumping up and down. I got my shoes for 2011. :)
The Sunday after Thanksgiving I met Melissa and Erica, two of my bridesmaids, at David's Bridal so that they could try on the dresses! They loved them and they looked GREAT! It took us about 10 minutes to do all that so we went to Starbucks and talked/caught up for a good while. I didn't even take my camera to Raleigh so here's a picture of Erica and I (and Mere!) at her wedding:
and a picture of Me, William, and Melissa in Africa:
This week we have just been working and studying. Saturday we had our Christmas party for work and we had SUCH a good time. Once again, no pictures (I thought about it but I had a really cute clutch-purse and the camera wouldn't fit). HOWEVER, we had our first SNOW in Winston yesterday. It started around 11:00 and it had stopped by part time which was at 6:00. Here is a picture of William watching from the balcony and a picture across the way:
Isn't it gorgeous? We lit the fireplace, did some cooking, sipped some hot chocolate...it was GREAT! It was the pretty kind of snow that doesn't stick to the roads but just covers everything else.William has a test tomorrow, which also happens to be his Birthday! He will be so glad to have the test done and we'll probably go out to eat and go see a movie. Today is December 5th which means 3 months until the wedding! We are so excited!
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