“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.”
I caught whatever has been going around lately (unfortunately, it's not just the Christmas Spirit). It involves a sore throat, cough, and loss of energy - as in, I spent two entire days laying in bed or lounging on the couch doing nothing. If this had kept up much longer, I was going to ask Santa to bring me a Forever Lazy.
Luckily, I've had Season 2 of Modern Family to keep me company, thanks to our friends Chris and Colleen.
The fact that I'm updating the blog today shows that I've gained some energy back - a very welcomed change. Which brings me to the weird item of the week. We went into the city on Saturday and were greeted by hundreds of people dressed as Santa on the National Mall.
After doing some research, it seems that we stumbled upon "Santarchy," which is described as, "...a non-profit, non-political, non-religious & non-sensical celebration of holiday cheer, goodwill, and fun."
Umm, okay. Whatever the reason, seeing a carousel filled with a bunch of Santa look-a-likes was an amusing sight.
I am currently serving on our church's staff as the Interim Director of Welcoming Ministries. As my first major duty of the position, I helped with the church's annual Yule Log Dinner.
As you can probably guess, it involved Yule Logs.
It also involved dinner, dessert, and 170 people.
Oh, and even more yule logs (in the form of fire wood) during outdoor caroling.
On an unrelated topic, we'd like to thank C & D for the awesome Christmas presents they sent. J is pumped about his mittens and hood / neck warmer / headband for outdoor winter running (although, he might need a lesson in proper wearing techniques).
And I just love the awesome necklace and hand-made glass ornament (in orange and blue!).
We're not really Black Friday shoppers. There have been a couple of times when I went shopping on Black Friday, but I woke up at a reasonable time and didn't have crowds like this to fight.
Unknowingly, a couple of weeks ago, J and I found ourselves in a Black Friday-ish atmosphere at Old Navy. We had received a coupon on a previous shopping trip that we wanted to use so we headed to the store.
The parking lot was crowded, but it usually is... however, the inside of the store was just SLAMMED! At first I thought everyone else was using coupons, but then I noticed a sign that said:
75% off all outerwear from 12pm - 5pm
Ohhhhhhh, that's why everyone was there.
Well, we were there anyway, so we might as well grab a bunch of jackets to try on like everyone else. And we ended up finding some great ones! J got a casual jacket with a thick lining for work, and I got two dressier jackets since most of mine are more casual. And J also found a couple of sweaters.
So with the 75% off deal plus our coupon, we ended up spending $47.18... and saving $209.88!
That's what I call a Black Friday-ish deal!
And while we're on the topic, I've got to post this hilarious video of Black Friday shopping pranks.
