Black Friday Cat Lady

Anyone who owns cats knows the value behind this picture.

Miles and I decided to boycott Black Friday shopping this year, but when I saw that cat litter was half off, I planned an early morning trip to my local PetsMart. I'm not ashamed to admit that I loaded up not one, but two carts with litter. 16 pails at 35 lbs each equals 560 lbs! I'm sure people were staring as we drove down the interstate, but who cares when I saved over $120? Just blame my bargain shopping on the fact that we're still college kids.

Home Away From Home

For Thanksgiving this year, our home became a home away from home. My parents wanted a quiet Thanksgiving (my mom recently had surgery), so my brother came to visit. He brought with him a freshman from Northern Virginia (and Ireland) whose family was going to Massachusetts to celebrate the holiday. The kid was going to spend the holiday alone at Purdue until my brother convinced him he'd have fun at our house. Miles invited a fellow graduate student who didn't feel up to driving 8 hours for one meal since UT-Knoxville doesn't get the Wednesday before Thanksgiving off.

At first, I didn't know what to expect since Miles and I are so weird, but we had a wonderful Thanksgiving. It was fun being the home away from home for so many friends!