Turkey Lurkey

So yesterday was Thanksgiving, and I hope you all enjoyed yours as much I enjoyed mine. It was out usual deal, multi-family dinner, followed by a game and way to much pie (no really I had 5 pieces). Because my family is not near our extended family and we have given up on travelling for holidays (I think the last year we went to my grandparents was the year that 8 different meal attendees got the stomach flu and took shifts over bent over the toilet), we always have dinner with Liz's family and usually a few others. It is so wonderful. There are always so many people, and they're almost always all people I really want to be around. The food was, as always, awesome. Liz and I contributed a pumpkin pie and the mashed potatoes. After dinner we played a marathon game of Apples to Apples, which if you've never played you must go out and buy it immediately.

As of today (Black Friday) I am pretty much in full on holiday mode. I purchased my Christmas Card making supplies from Paper-Source this morning, and followed that up with an eggnog latte (although I must admit it was an iced one, since it was about 65 in DC today). I was accompanied by my Mom and my brother on these outtings and then was dropped off at work, where I would listen to Christmas music if I felt like it was appropriate, but I don't , so I'm holding back. The ipod has pretty much gone full time Christmas as of a few days ago, but I'm secretly kind of worried that people can here and will think I'm a huge tool. Though really, it's not like my love of Christmas is a secret. And it's not like I've ever really been embaressed about it before. I really need to work on the whole apartment decoration thing though because I haven't put anything up yet. I want to try and get a wire cone and then wrap a real garland around it to look kinda like a tree. Mostly because I love the smell of real evergreen, and (not surprisingly) associate that smell wih Christmas. Anyone with any extra suggestions for how to increase my holiday cheer lemme know, because I am always interested in getting as into the spirit as humanly possible. And remember, he's gonna find out who's naughty and nice, so dont' say I didn't warn you.