Happy Black Friday!
I’m not venturing anywhere near a mall today.
I did pass by a shopping center on my run this morning, and the parking lot was already swarming with cars! I’ll probably spend the rest of today inside, cleaning… and maybe starting to transfer Christmas decorations to my new house. My mom said she’ll be happy to give me some of hers; she has so many!
After Thanksgiving dinner, I stayed over at my parents’ house, and this morning I made oatmeal for everyone (mom, dad, and my sister who came in from Boston).
I made everyone a big batch of Strawberry Hugs Oatmeal.
(My sister’s oats were sweetened with brown sugar. She doesn’t appreciate the melted banana trick.)
I hope everyone had a terrific Thanksgiving (or Thursday night). Mine was wonderful, filled with great friends and family… and one very naughty Batman who helped himself to a plate of food someone left on the table. I’ll definitely get photos and recipes up as soon as I get a chance to write the posts. (The pecan pie was a success!!)
Question of the Day:
Are you going shopping today?
Side note: Sorry if you’ve been experiencing slowness or trouble accessing my site. I’m upgrading to a higher level VPS package to handle the traffic, so hopefully it’ll be much faster after that.
I am definitely not an early morning shopper. I think that the stores advertise sales to get people in even if things aren’t on sale. For example, I went to my favorite store Target this evening (my mom and I tried to miss the rush) and they were advertising my favorite v-necks as on sale when they were the same exact price as normal! So I stay away from Black Friday. 🙂 I can’t wait to see all your Thanksgiving pictures and recipes.
I thought about going shopping, but then I realized that I didn’t want a) a piano to fall on me b) to be assaulted with pepper spray c) get shot at over a baby carriage or d) get run over. Yes, these have all happened on Black Friday.
I bet you’re going to love your Bluehost upgrade, and I hope it goes smoothly! 😉
I actually moved from Bluehost to Servnt when I had to change to a dedicated server. I really, really like them. They are so helpful and patient with me!!
I went Black Friday shopping with my cousin and her friend 🙂
We left at 11:30pm and stayed there until 2:30am! It wasn’t as crowded as I always thought a Black Friday night was. The place looked like it would look in the morning. Only difference was that it was at night! The lines were longer, of course, for Jamba Juice, Forever 21, and the like. I enjoyed it though :] we got back and slept at 4am (they wanted to watch Tangled and I dozed off) then ate breakfast at 1:30pm.
I’m one of those crazy people who did go to the malls yesterday… And now I’m exhausted. Ha, ha.
Hi Katie!
This is my first time commenting even though I’ve been reading your blog for months now – reading it just makes me really happy (and hungry!!).
Today I’ve been stuck in bed with massive xxx just reading food-blogs and browsing pinterest for random things. So when i finally decided to make myself some dinner all I wanted was your pancakes with brownie batter dip. I made the apple pancakes (sans apples since i didn’t have any), and litterally drenched them in creamy batter dip. They were SOOO good. Just perfect! Although I tweaked the batter recipe a bit (I added dates AND agave AND a handful of rasins. sweet tooth? Moi?) I think you’re pure genious for coming up with that idea, and I will keep reading and trying your recipes. Keep up the great work!
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Oops! The “xxx” is supposed to be “menstrual cramps”, needed to check the dictionary for that one and forgot to put it back in there. (would much rather have been stuck all day in bed because of some xxx activities though, haha ;), would have been way better than cramps)
LOL! Oh if only we could will away pms issues by writing something different, right? 😉
I’ve stumbled upon this blog and it’s an understatement to say that I am thrilled! Can’t wait for the new recipes! Greetings from a co-chocoholic! 🙂
Aww always awesome to meet another chocoholic!! 😉
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That looks divine! And those sales are ridiculously amazing – I was just way too lazy to head to out that early this year. Next year, perhaps?
We did a little bit of Black Friday shopping — we got up at 7:30 and went to two stores: Target and Payless; and we only got a few things total.
Your recipes are amazing, Katie. Thank you for everything you do. 🙂
How come the post says Black ƒriday Chocolate Oatmeal and when you look below, it says Strawberry Hugs…it conƒused me.
Oh wow that looks so tasty. I think if I even attempted to recreate your magic, it would not look anything close to how you manage to present things 😉 You are amazing Katie !!!