I still have to do T-Day shopping. And I have Derby practice tonight and the kids are done with school for the week today.
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
And sometimes I get caught up in the thrill of the crowd. I think it was the weekend before Christmas that one time that I went into Times Square in order to go to both the Sanrio store AND Toys R Us. It was kind of awesome. Although I'm sure I shoved some people into the street.
Hubby likes to go to the mall on Christmas Eve. It's a weird sort of rush.
I remember going to the mall one 12/24. I will never do that again. Mom's talking about doing a bit of shopping this Friday, and I nipped that idea in the bud--after working retail for years, I flat-out refuse to go anywhere near a store on that day. (Although grocery stores do tend to be empty that day, so that's the only place I'd go.)
Oh, and a quick reassurance about the sick Thanksgiving weekend--after finding out I was ill, I made it a point to stay in the back room and away from customers as much as possible. I was just there if the other employees needed me and then for closing the store.
Tornado sirens are going off.
I don't have to leave because my office is our shelter.
ita may be on to something with this people are stupid thing.
Warner Bros announces Buffy reboot without Joss:
ETA: I see ita has beat me to it in the Buffy thread
They were serious? Medellin of fantasy reboots.
And the alarms are off now and everyone has left.
Another non-traditional Thanksgiving recipe: How To Make Creamed Candy Corn
Serious Eats’ Cakespy shares their recipe for making Creamed Candy Corn, a perfect way to use those Halloween leftovers for Thanksgiving.
I remember going to the mall one 12/24. I will never do that again.
The secret is to go out for drinks first. And possibly during. Definitely after.