Thanksgiving Gluttony (AKA How to Pack On Five Pounds In Four Days), And My Black Friday Haul
I know, I know; just when I was on a roll, I stopped blogging for nearly an entire week.
I blame it on all the tryptophan I ingested this weekend.
No quick-hitters today…
- Thanksgiving dinner consisted of fresh cranberry sauce, made with 1 bag fresh cranberries simmered in a syrup made with 1 cup water and 3/4 cup sugar; green bean casserole—’tis a shame we didn’t have fresh green beans—mashed potatoes with gravy; cornbread stuffing; broccoli and cheese; Grands biscuits; a Honeybaked ham; and a deep-fried, jalapeño-injected turkey.
(If you’ve never had deep-fried turkey before, you are missing out.)
Needless to say, we had leftovers until Saturday. In fact, we had so much turkey left over that I was able to make turkey soup using the leftover turkey. I made stock using the turkey bones, peeled the remaining meat into small strips, chopped up some potatoes, carrots, and celery, and threw everything into a pot to simmer for about an hour (naturally, I added Kosher salt and pepper). Not half bad!
On Sunday, my dad added to the gluttony by deciding to cook steak for dinner. Unfortunately, I was unable to stop him from turning my portion into shoe leather, but copious amounts of lemon juice and pepper made the meat somewhat edible. Mashed potatoes and a salad topped off that meal, and I can safely say that I gained five pounds over the weekend :P.
- Prior to the start of last week, I told myself that I would not go overboard on Black Friday (BF) shopping. I had a number of good reasons why:
- I’m poor.
- I didn’t need anything.
- I didn’t want to overwork my UPS guy.
- See #1
My plan worked…until Tuesday morning, when the pre-BF sales came out. I bought a ton of FAR software and some laptop RAM from Frys.com, and some laptop mice from Quill.com. At that point, I decided that I was completely done with my BF shopping.
Things looked good…until early Thursday morning, when an individual who shall remain nameless began feeding me deal after deal after deal (*shakes fist at said person*). The next thing I knew, I had placed four five orders at Amazon.com, three four at Frys.com, one at Circuitcity.com, and two at Officedepot.com.
So what did my haul look like? Off the top of my head…
- An Uninterruptable Power Supply (UPS) from Office Depot for ~$15 AR.
- Tons of FAR software, including Kaspersky Internet Security 7.0 (bought twice, in fact) and Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0 from Amazon.
- 2GB of DDR2 SODIMM (laptop) RAM from Fry’s for $15 AR.
- A Logitech QuickCam Communicate Deluxe from Amazon for better than FAR.
- An EVGA GeForce 6200LE PCI-E 256MB video card from Fry’s for FAR.
- A Sony DVD/VCR combo for my mom from Fry’s.
- A 2GB Sandisk SD Card from Circuit City for ~$10AR.
- Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Student And Teacher edition for $25 AR.
Oh yeah…there was one other little thing I got from Amazon.com.
Now to decide whether I am going to keep it, or sell it. Anyone wanna contribute to my “Get Peter a Wii fund”?
I had one other topic to blog about, but I’ll save it for tomorrow. Until then…
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