Over thanksgiving weekend I stayed at my parents’ house and
hung out with my family. On thanksgiving
we did what we usually do, invite everyone over for food and we heat the pool
for the kids to swim. I had volunteered
to help Downtown at the GRB to serve food to the homeless and less fortunate
people of Houston.
City Wide Club hosted over 20,000 people this year for
Thanksgiving at the George R. Brown Convention Center. I helped out in the women’s clothing
department helping find clothes they would want. We organized everything by size and the women
would come to the table and choose items.
Some of the clothes were really nice but some had holes in it. There were a few teenagers that needed
clothes. There weren’t many options so
we helped them shop. We would go over
the table to see what a teenager would want and then hold it up. One of the girls I could tell if she didn’t
like something, she would just shake her head yes (because she thought she had
to take it but she didn’t have to) but when we found something she loved her face would
LIGHT UP. It was really fun to watch. I liked helping people find clothes that they liked, not necessarily what was only available in their size. I know that some kids get embarrassed with their clothes, but I tried to make sure they liked what they got!
Afterwards I went to my parents for Thanksgiving. Everyone had already eaten but the time I got
there (about 1:30) so I just sat outside and talked to everyone while they
watched the kids in the pool. It's a tradition that my parents heat the pool for Thanksgiving and Easter.
I knew I
would be late since I would be volunteering, so I told my parents to have everyone eat without me. Then we got out the sales ads and starting mapping out our plan of attack. :)
That night my sister and I went shopping (yes, we are THOSE people who shopped on Thanksgiving Day). We hit up Palais Royal, Wal-Mart, Target and
Kohl’s. We had a scratch off for Palais
Royal that we held up to the light and figured that we would get $10 free.
While we were shopping there I went to the jewelry counter and there was
an extra add sitting on the cabinet so I grabbed it. It was worth $20 when I held it up to the
light. YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I bought some items
with the $20 and Laura got something for our mom with the $10 one. I had wanted some present bow Christmas
earrings but couldn’t find them anywhere.
As luck would have it, I found them at Palais Royal and used my
coupon. I got two notebooks and my
earrings for $26 ($6 after my $20 coupon).
Success.
We went to Kohl’s next with the $15 in Kohl’s Bucks for
every $50 you spend. We are getting my mom a SURPRISE so I can’t say but it was
on sale for $119 everywhere (you can probably figure it out). My younger sister, Tori, gets a 20% discount
at her work but we decided that the Kohl’s Bucks was worth it instead. Plus I bought an extra SURPRISE items for
myself so plus a present for Kali making we get $75 in Kohl’s bucks! I have already spent it on a pair of yoga
pants, three wall organizers, and a snowman scarf (that I have received a surprisingly
lot of compliments on).
That was my Thanksgiving, how was yours?!
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