Thanksgiving was rather low key this year. I spent the day with my sister and her family. Sis and I love to cook and be in the kitchen together. Her new son in law is a gourmet cook so we 'allowed' him into our domain, where he made his version of giblet gravy. I made deviled eggs, pimento cheese stuffed celery and cranberry sauce Wednesday afternoon. Earlier in the week I tried two recipes I found in Taste of the South's special Christmas issue. I made Turtle bites and Vanilla-Espresso Snowballs. Check out the website: www.tasteofthesouthmagazine.com. I found this beautiful magazine at Publix in Winter Haven, Fl. It's more about deep south cooking than South Texas cooking. I love it!
Anyway, back to dinner, sis prepared Turkey, cornbread dressing and all the trimmings. We all ate ourselves into oblivion...end of story! Yum! I grabbed a turkey leg, a wing and some white meat, along with some dressing, came home and crashed. Me and the boys settled in on the couch and watched 'The Birds'. What a great old Alfred Hitchcock classic. I love the way Tippi Hedren ran all over the place in her taupe high heels, never letting go of the matching handbag, either! And that green shift dress and matching jacket held up well until the dummy went upstairs and let the birds nearly rip her to shreds!
I took Friday off, just in case I wanted to go shopping....would you believe I did? I woke up at the crack of dawn, as always! It was cloudy and cold, but not raining. I thought I may as well join the rest of the world and get out of the house. I got myself ready and was at Dillard's door at 8:00 am! I think most people were at Best Buy and Circuit City snapping up all the electronics they could grab, because it wasn't busy at all. I was looking for a black skirt to complete my ensemble for Lacey's wedding. I headed upstairs to the formal wear department. I found a skirt...BUT I also found a gorgeous black, stretchy velvet top to go with it. I tried it and several other tops on with the skirt, just to get an idea of how it would look with the top I already have. Yep, I bought the top, too! That soft velvet felt so...warm and cozy, not to mention that it'll look downright *hot* with white pearls and a few rhinestones. My mission was accomplished, so I left the mall around 11:00 and headed home to warm up my leftovers.
Later, I met a friend at Starbuck's. Good coffee and good conversation...the perfect way to end the day.
What a nice Thanksgiving I had, ya'll
