black friday

I promised myself this year that I wouldn't fall into the black Friday trap, but it's very hard to ignore the literally hundreds of e-mails constantly throwing their wonderful sales into my face. You know I can't resist a sale. 

We went to our local Wal-Mart at 9:30 and I was able to get the Shark steam mop that I've been wanting. It was pretty crazy, but we were able to get it and check out in six minutes flat. We were home by 10:12! Luckily, I live next to a very nice Wal-Mart (like, I have the "crappy" car in the parking lot, kind) which is the only reason I attempted this. I would have been trampled alive if I had tried this at any other Wal-Mart.

Anthropologie had 50% off sale prices, which never, ever happens. This is about the only time that I have ever considered anything at Anthropologie a steal. I was able to pick up a few goodies for very, very reasonable prices.

Then I moseyed over to J. crew for 25% off and picked up some more shirts for work. And I wasn't completely selfish, I picked up my last few Christmas gifts today as well. Sigh, I hate you and love you black Friday.

Charlie and I are heading to Six Flags (again) this evening. It's educator day and I can get us in for super cheap. I'm hoping that everyone will be too tired from shopping to come out today and we will be able to ride the heck out of everything. Last time we went we had to wait almost an hour at every ride. Hello, roller coasters! 

tortoise and tom's

I keep it real and mostly only buy cheap jewelry because I tend to lose or break almost all of it. I mean, I go through at least one freak out a day thinking I've lost my wedding ring. I've started wearing a fake ring to work and when we travel because it's that bad! 
Anyway, I was cruising my favorite secret for cheapies, Nordy's junior's section, and found these cute and super affordable watches. I'm totally digging that tortoise and rhinestone gem, and I especially love it for it's $18 price tag.
I'm also picking up a pair of these metallic brown Tom's cordones. I've worn my Tom's so much that I have a hole in them :( so I figured I'd give these a try. I think they'll be fun on casual Friday with some skinny jeans.

gobble

I put up Thanksgiving decorations this year to ensure that I wouldn't put up my Christmas decorations too early, but my plan failed.This weekend I decided I couldn't wait any longer, and our house is now a winter wonderland. I'll post pictures of our Christmas decs soon, but for now I'll share our short-lived Thanksgiving decor.
$2 find from Hobby Lobby!
Free Thanksgiving banner that I found here
Another free Thanksgiving printable
Owl napkin rings that I got for free for my birthday from World Market! If you're not signed up, do it. They give you $10 to spend on your birthday!
We found a Thanksgiving dinner for Toby at Target! It has a turkey, roll, baked potato, green beans, and corn on the cob served on a frisbee plate. I can't wait to give it to him on turkey day!