Thanksgiving Break

My Thanksgiving break has gone by so fast and I wish that I could redo my break. My break started on Tuesday because I only had one class so I went to my class and came home and started baking. I knew that I wanted to spread out my baking into two days so that I wouldn't get overwhelmed. I spent two hours baking an apple pie cheesecake and my entire house smelled like apples and cinnamon. My mom's birthday is November 24th and this year it landed on the day before Thanksgiving so I was very frustrated when I ordered my mom's gift three weeks before her birthday and it had yet to arrive. The gift was being sent with FedEx and every time I tracked the package, it said that it was delayed but it hadn't moved for two weeks. I contacted FedEx and they, unfortunately, lost my package and couldn't do anything for me. I then contacted the company that I ordered the gift from and they luckily gave me a refund for the lost package. Since I suspected that I wouldn't get the package in time, I had ordered a backup gift so that my mom wouldn't be left without one. I don't know if anyone reading this can relate but every year before a big holiday, my mom decides to deep clean the entire house and when I was younger I hated every moment of it. My job has always been to dust the furniture and polish things so that everything is pretty and shiny but when I was younger, I would pout the entire time and I would try to get out of it.  On Thanksgiving Day, I helped my mom cook and then quickly got ready to join my boyfriend at his Thanksgiving dinner. I ate way too much but I had a really nice time seeing his family and getting to know new people. My boyfriend then went along with me to my aunt's house where my Thanksgiving dinner was being held and it was his first time meeting my cousins and aunts and uncles. I couldn't eat very much since I already had dinner with his family but I somehow managed to fit one more plate of food into my stomach. I am so thankful for my friends and family and I have no clue what I would do without them. They are my biggest supporters and are always there for me when I need them. Now my question to you is, what are you thankful for?

My Weekend

This past weekend I spent doing homework and spending time with my boyfriend. He didn't have to go to work over the weekend so we spent the day together on Saturday. We started our Saturday by going out to eat with his parents at TGI Fridays. His mom works at a salon and is always telling us stories about some of her clients and funny things that happened to her while she was at work. My boyfriend and I spent two hours with his parents and then we stopped at Target to buy some matching Christmas pajamas. I know that Thanksgiving hasn't even passed yet but I have been getting so many ads on my phone for Christmas pajamas. I know that a lot of my friends don't wear pajamas to bed and usually just wear comfortable clothing but I am always wearing pajama sets to sleep or even when I don't feel like wearing actual clothes then I will be found walking around my house in pajamas. My boyfriend and I searched through the piles of Christmas pajamas at Target and both decided on a pair with assorted dinosaurs in snow. We went home and took pictures together in our pajamas and also decided to bake chocolate chip cookies together. My boyfriend isn't very interested in baking/cooking so whenever we decide to make something, he always leaves it up to me to do the majority of the work. I have no problem doing most of the work but it's always interesting when I give him a simple task and he somehow turns it into a very difficult one and does it in a way that I wouldn't have thought of. I ended my weekend by finishing my homework and watching season 3 of You on Netflix. 

Christmas

     

    My favorite holiday has always been Christmas and it's not just because I receive gifts. My favorite part about Christmas is when Halloween is over and you begin to see stores put out their Christmas decorations and commercials on tv are Christmas-themed. There is something so magical about Christmas, I love driving around and seeing houses covered in twinkling lights and pretty light-up figures. I know that some people hate it when Halloween is over and everyone just skips over Thanksgiving, but I love it when Christmas rolls around. Ever since I was little, my dad would take my brother and me with him to the mall and he would have us help him find Christmas presents for my mom. I am not sure how but it has become my job to pick out my mom's Christmas gifts because I always know what to get. I genuinely love the stress of trying to find gifts and searching through the stores along with everyone else who decided to wait until the last minute to find gifts. I also love walking by bath and body works and seeing all of the Christmas candles out and the second you walk by, you get a big whiff of all of the Christmas scents inside the store. I could go on and on about why I love Christmas so much but enough about me, what is your favorite holiday?