Ah... Friday after Thanksgiving.

Hope you all had a good time with family and friends yesterday. Thanks always to my friends here who make me a part of their family's get-togethers. That's always a good time. The afternoon was fairly warm, around 60, so I went ahead and washed my car. There's only so much you can do with the spray guns at the carwash. You've got to get in there with some elbow grease to get it REALLY clean though. Spent a lot of time on the front bumper where bugs were firmly stuck. A little bug and tar remover later, they were gone!

I chose to refrain from participating in the Black Friday shopping hoopla this year... mainly because there wasn't anything in particular I was needing or wanting. How about that!?! Back a dozen or so years ago when I worked in retail management I used to loathe this day. On your feet for 10-12 hours straight, wolfing down lunch and dinner standing up and having to deal with some rude folks. That's right, even the Christmas shopping spirit isn't enough to keep the worst in people from coming out sometimes.

I stayed in during the morning hours debating on whether or not I want to start raking leaves or not (jury's still out on that) and watching some TV. I got hungry and was too lazy to cook so I needed to venture out. Good Lord, traffic everywhere. Luckily, I live just a few blocks from the busiest road in town. I can normally be at the mall and any type of restaurant that we have here in less than 5 minutes. It was a little slower today but bearable. Ended up going to Burger Thing. Suprisingly, that meal hit the spot.