The week of Thanksgiving proved to be quite busy for us. Dan had most of the week off, but he of course found lots of creative things to do with his free time. I on the other hand was very busy with work at Target. As the day after Thanksgiving is one of the biggest shopping days of the year, I ended up working overtime and don't ever want to work retail again. It wasn't nearly as busy as I thought it would be, but the combination of long work hours (9-12 hrs days) and lack of sleep (about 4 hrs a few nights) I am now sick. 
We've also been creative in other areas. We turned an old rolling shelve that we found by the dumpster (sounds sketchy, but it's where everyone in our apt complex leaves their old furniture) into neat looking, cream colored non-rolling shelves.
We also did some upholstering and turned 2 cheap bookcases into upholstered benches with shelving. Dan did an amazing job and even made some hanging drapes for above our bed. I wish we could post pictures. Unfortunately, our fantastic air bed (that we always brag about) also popped this week (contributing to my lack of sleep) and so our bedroom is a disaster. Once we get a new one and fix everything up we'll post the pictures of our new master pieces.
Thanksgiving Day turned out to be pretty peaceful. We made a ham and other typical thanksgiving food, had a quiet day and took naps. I also ran in the 5K Turkey Trot with some new friends from Church. There was thousands of people running and I definitely definitely am out of shape!!
Dan made that delicious Apple Pie!
Dan and I also bought ourselves an early Christmas present. We've decided to buy just a couple things for both of us for christmas, rather than individual gifts. With the good sales at Target and my discount we got a really nice sewing maching that we've been wanting for awhile. We are such big dorks. We found ourselves shopping at JoAnn's for fabric on Black Friday, rather than hitting up the much more 'cooler' stores at the mall. Now we are both working on making Jackets....we'll have to take pictures of the final product. Let's just say now that Dan's jacket looks like a dragon slayer jacket....We've also been creative in other areas. We turned an old rolling shelve that we found by the dumpster (sounds sketchy, but it's where everyone in our apt complex leaves their old furniture) into neat looking, cream colored non-rolling shelves.
We also did some upholstering and turned 2 cheap bookcases into upholstered benches with shelving. Dan did an amazing job and even made some hanging drapes for above our bed. I wish we could post pictures. Unfortunately, our fantastic air bed (that we always brag about) also popped this week (contributing to my lack of sleep) and so our bedroom is a disaster. Once we get a new one and fix everything up we'll post the pictures of our new master pieces.
This is us in downtown Miami. For our birthdays we spent our birthday money on a little trip south. Miami is about 4hrs away, so it was a quick weekend trip. We had a great time checking out the 'interesting' locals at South Beach, walking around the city, going to two art galleries and visiting a old/new(er) mansion. We drove back by route of Alligator Alley and Carlie STILL has not seen an alligator. She feels it's hopeless now...
