Happy Thanksgiving!

I know I'm a few days late, but our Thanksgiving celebration was a bit delayed this year. Our original plan was to go for a hike and then make Thanksgiving dinner. Well, it ended up being cold and rainy that day, and to boot, we forgot to take the turkey out of the freezer in time. I was so disappointed in the day I was ready to burst out in tears, but my husband reminded me of how good we actually had it - even without the turkey. Everything turned out alright in the end. The actual Thanksgiving day was a bit of a wash, but the rest of the weekend turned out pretty nice.

Friday started off with my first ever Black Friday experience. I had avoided it all these years, but I wanted to get my husband the $3 coffee maker. I didn't even try getting up for 5am doorbuster tho (not that desperate to save money), so I didn't get it :( But, I did get there early enough to walk away with a few other goodies that we wanted, all at a very good price. I was so excited about my shopping experience that my husband claimed he had never seen me look so happy.

Later on Friday, we checked out the National Harbor. It was the first time there for both of us. We went there primarily for the Christmas Tree lighting ceremony but also had a bit of a walk around the area. They had moved the Awakening statue from Haines Point to here. There is also the Gaylord National Convention Center which had very nice Christmas decorations and a short fountain show. There was also the ICE! exhibit, which looked pretty cool, tho we didn't go to it. I also had fun taking pictures of Brad with silly characters like Mr. Peeps, the Christmas Tree Lady, and Scrooge. The ceremony itself started at 5pm with some musical performances. It was a very cold night out tho, so we decided not to stick around for the actual tree lighting or fireworks. Oh well.

On Saturday, we did a bit more shopping, taking advantage of the continuing sales this weekend. Then we prepared the meal we were supposed to have on Thursday. I gotta admit everything came out of a box. I don't usually make Thanksgiving dinner since I typically crash someone else's house on this day. Still, it was a nice change of pace from the meals we normally make. Very filling indeed. We gave thanks for our newly wedded life together, and finished the night off with a bit of karaoke.


Sunday turned out to be a beautiful day - perfect for doing the hike we were going to do on Thursday. We did the Section A hike of the Billy Goat trail. It had been 2 years since I first went to Great Falls on the Maryland side. I had forgotten how much more interesting the trails are there. Brad enjoyed the rock scrambling a lot and we had a good day out. We also started talking about traveling again towards the end of the hike. As usual, we got carried away thinking about our travels. It finally dawned on us though that we would never really get to see everything we want to see - at least not in the next few years like we want :P We decided we should stop obsessing about traveling, and just concentrate on enjoying our everyday life here. We can still throw in the occasional trips as time and finances permit. As travel-holics with a thirst for adventure, neither of us thought we would ever be ones to say such a thing, but we both agreed, now that we have each other, life is great no matter where we are.