I went shopping with my mom this morning. I got up four, and we left as twenty til five. People are crazy, but it wasn’t as bad as I expected. I got the bulk of my shopping done. I still have to buy for my mom, but I think I’m going to order hers online.

I’m still in recovery from eating so much yesterday, and I just ate another plate full of food today. After we got home from shopping, I went back to bed. I slept from around ten until five. We were talking yesterday about how tired we all were after eating, and my mom said the couch needs foot rests so we can all lie back and take a nap.

I think that maybe investing in some discount home theater seating wouldn’t be a bad idea. Of course, I don’t know that it would give us anymore seating space than we have now, but at least we could kick back and nap after stuffing out faces.

Well, Thanksgiving went well. I ate entirely too much, but it very good nonetheless. We had lots of food leftover. We’ll probably be eating it all weekend. My mom looked like she was moving in. She had tons of bags with her when she came.

My mom wants to go shopping tomorrow, and I told her that I’d go with her. I made a list of what I need for who. I’ve budgeted about $125 for shopping, and I went online to a few places to see how much things would be, so I think I’ll have enough to get everything I want to get.

It feels nice for once to have the money and not be worrying about not being able to buy anything for anyone. I just hope I’ll have enough money by the end of the year to pay off my school tuition at the beginning of the year. Christmas is so expensive that it’s just really hard to save. I probably could have done without my iPod until the new year, but I really wanted it. I can’t return it anyway, so I suppose there’s really no reason for me to dwell on it now.

Grandma, Tori and I went shopping for Thanksgiving today. We had to go by the Dollar General to get some places, cups and napkins. Then we had to go to Marsh and buy a few things my grandparents forgot to buy when they went to the store the other day.

I’m making a cheese ball, cheese cake, and veggie roll ups. I might make the cheese ball later tonight. It just depends on how I feel. Right now I’m too tired to bother with doing much of anything productive.

The computer has been going so slow lately. I think we might need to get more memory. The other option would be an external hard drive. We could, no doubt, use it. I’d buy it myself, but I suppose it would probably just be wiser to save up my money to buy my own new computer.

I bought an iPod nano on Wednesday night. Well, that’s when I ordered it anyway. It’s currently in transit. I got the 8GB Product (Red) one with the engraving “I want to believe / There’s something to believe.” It’s from the Hanson song “Believe.” I thought abut choosing something from “Great Divide” since it sort of goes hand in hand with helping in Africa, but I know a lot of people got that engraving. Besides, I think “Believe” fits just as well, and it’s more personal that way.

I can’t believe Thanksgiving is next week. I hadn’t even realized it until someone said something about no classes next Wednesday - Friday. I’m excited for Thanksgiving. My mouth is already watering at the thought of all the food. I still haven’t decided what I’m going to fix yet. The only thing is that this means Christmas will be just around the corner. I have lots of shopping to do. Let’s just hope buying the iPod didn’t set me back too much.

Also, I’m kind of ready for the new year to get here. I’m going back on Weight Watchers then. I’m certainly ready to lose the weight. I’m pretty sure I gained back everything I lost over the summer. The only bad this is I won’t really have many options for exercise. It will be too cold to walk, I’m sure. We really need an elliptical. That would be quite useful for the winter, but I suppose I’ll figure something out.

Gas prices are ridiculous! I think it was about $3.12 today when I went to get gas. The most I ever put in at a time is $20, but with the way the price keeps going up, it’s no wonder my gas tank hasn’t been full in over a year.

I went to town today because I had to get some cash out of the ATM and get some gas. Then I met my grandma and Tori at the Dollar General Store to pick up some stuff we needed around the house. It’s getting cold out. I hate it. The cold weather always causes my skin to dry out and it just makes me feel … tired. I think it’s because it’s always so dark and dreary outside.

I am, however, looking forward to Thanksgiving. Lots of yummy food and hanging out with the family. I never thought I’d considered that a fun thing.