Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is a time of family, but considering most of my family lives a nice 12 hour flight and hours of layovers away, we have a slight spin on Thanksgiving. My family annually throws a Thanksgiving Asian Party for a few family friends. Asian parties are really just potlucks where the kids run off and do their own thing, the parent’s gossip about their children, and the grandparent’s fake gamble the night away. Last year, we graduated from the traditional duck of China to a nice, succulent, store bought turkey, which became a precedent for this year. But, with sushi and porridge making on her mind, my mother completely forgot about the stuffing and mashed potatoes and the gravy was only subpar. The lack of these two items, though substituted with sushi, brought a great cry from two of my nameless friends whom were both devastated by this loss despite the other Asian yummies that were available. Plus, we bought a pie, which I thoroughly enjoyed.

After stuffing ourselves with the lack of stuffing, my friends and I moseyed down stairs to chat and watch a movie. The movie did not meet our extremely high expectations (subpar plot and acting), so we gave up and reverted to our 5 year old hiding spot in my basement: the guest room closet. There, we talked. And talked and talked and talked, like any teenage girls would until it was 11ish when we went upstairs to beg and plead with our parents to let us go Black Friday shopping.

Yesterday morning was my first midnight Black Friday shopping spree. Usually I can convince my momma to take me during the day, but because I had a ride there and back at midnight she let me go. Personally, I don’t think anything good was on sale that interested me, so staying up until 3 in the morning to buy a sweater and some cheap gifts (that were still on sale later in the day) was not worth it. Maybe I should jump on the bandwagon and buy some electronic related things next year?