This holiday was off to a grand start when work let us out at 1:00 p.m. Boo and I went to Cha for Tea for lunch and played Rummikub. Sadly we also discovered that our local Hollywood Video has changed from a rental store to an outlet store.
I had noticed that their inventory of new DVDs had dwindled and the general feel of the place was cheesy, the displays were unkempt and new releases were no longer announced instead were row upon row of previously viewed DVDs for sale. Another casualty of the recession.
Thanksgiving dinner with the family was truly delicious and lots of fun. We also visited Boo's aunt who would normally celebrate Thanksgiving with her recently deceased sister. As always we had way too much food and dessert and a whole lot of chatter!
We unexpectedly shopped on Black Friday which wasn't bad at all. Like last year we started around 10:00 a.m. and still found buys but without the hassle of finding parking. No one stole our parking space or cut in line either! Parking and checking out were relatively uneventful and merchants were well stocked.
Today we were rudely awakened by a large flock of loud wild parrots there must have been 100 of them. They squawked and encircled my block, which has many palm trees, for about 10 minutes before flying off. Many of the neighbors came outside to see what all the ruckus was about - I was one of them which is regrettable.
As we were "up early" we decided to hit a few stores, which resulted in great savings at empty stores. We also had a surge of energy and decided to decorate outdoors leaving our house the only decorated house for miles - just call us the Griswolds.
How's your holiday weekend?
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