Black Friday

All that went Black Friday shopping raise your hands.

*slowly raises hand*

I admit it.

I was in a ridiculously long line at Target with my mom and sister at 11:45 p.m. on Thursday night.

But I didn't do it to fight other people over merchandise.

I did it for the bonding with my family.

However, I thought I'd share an article I found about the crazies that did!!

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In Los Angeles, authorities said a woman shot pepper spray to keep shoppers from merchandise she wanted during a Black Friday sale, and 20 people suffered minor injuries.The incident occurred shortly after 10:20 p.m. Thursday in a crowded Walmart as shoppers hungry for deals were let inside the store.

Police said the suspect shot the pepper spray when the coverings over electronics items she wanted were removed.

"Somehow she was trying to use it to gain an upper hand," police Lt. Abel Parga told The Associated Press early today.

Parga said police were still looking for the woman. The store remained open and those not affected by the pepper spray continued shopping.

This is only one of the stories in the article, but I found this to be hilarious!

Luckily, I was not at that Walmart!

You can find the full article HERE.

Thankful Thursday: Thoughts on Thanksgiving

Happy Thursday y'all!

Today for Thankful Thursday I want to share some of my thoughts on Thanksgiving.

I hope it's not too controversial.

Around this year I hear a lot of comments like this:

"I can't believe they're playing Christmas music. It's not even Thanksgiving yet!!"

"They're putting out Christmas stuff before they've even taken down stuff from Halloween!"

"It seems like everyone just forgets about Thanksgiving these days and jumps straight to Christmas."

I love Thanksgiving.

I really do.

I love the time with family.

I love the message it sends.

I love the food!!

But is there a reason that Thanksgiving is any less Thanksgiving with Christmas music on the radio?

Or stores with Christmas decorations up?

I don't necessarily think these things should detract from Thanksgiving at all.

I just fail to see how these things should stand in anyone's way of being thankful and celebrating Thanksgiving.

Do these things really prevent anyone from sitting around the table on Thanksgiving and being thankful?

I can think of things a lot bigger that Christmas that might stand between people and being thankful.

But moreover, thankfulness should be something that happens every day of the year.

Not just at Thanksgiving.

I personally think the holiday should serve as a reminder of all the things that you have in your life to be thankful for year round.

So yes I have been thinking of what to give others for Christmas.

I have thought about Christmas cards and scanned lots of Christmas decorations at the store.

I have listened to Christmas music on Pandora already!

And I will still be thankful on Thanksgiving.

As I will be every day.

What are you thankful for today?

Link up and let us know!

Fabulous Fall Blog Challenge Day 10

Happy Friday y'all!

Today is the last day of the Fabulous Fall Blog Challenge!

Day TenThanksgiving Memories
My best Thanksgiving memories are from when my mom's parent's were still alive.
My sister and I would drag my grandma's Christmas tree down from the upstairs bedroom and put it up for her. We always looked so forward to it because we got to put her Christmas tree up very early, and normally before ours went up at home.Then we would always go Black Friday shopping the day after Thanksgiving.
My mom, my sister, and I still have the Black Friday shopping tradition the day after Thanksgiving!It's really fun for us, and really we like spending the time together the most.Oh, and trying to secretly slip off and buy something for each other for Christmas without the other person knowing ;)
What are your Thanksgiving memories?