Hello, sweet friends! I’m coming to you live from Jamaica, so I’m keeping it (fairly) short and sweet this time around, but I didn’t want to miss out on one of my favorite linkups!
The month started with an authentic Haitian Friendsgiving with my Mountain Mamas. The menu included turkey, jerk oxtail, curried goat, grilled conch, rice and peas with gravy, and lots (and lots) of wine. It was all absolutely delicious!
Michael invited me to a pop-up “Book Fair for Grownups” in NYC. We had a blast! On the main floor were different publishers and vendors selling books and bookish gifts/accessories. On the lower level was “Recess,” complete with inflatable chairs, old school snacks like Cool Ranch Doritos, Cheetos, Smarties, and Nerds, and a cocktail bar where the bartenders wore screened Tiger Beat magazine cover shirts, which I loved! 2 cocktails were included with the ticket, so after that we headed back upstairs and I purchased more than I would have sober! I got a “Book Nerd” canvas pouch for my Kindle, Star Wars pins, bookish socks, The Perfect Wife by J.P. Delaney, and We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
That wasn’t all for books last month. I finally read November 9 by Colleen Hoover ON November 9 which I’ve been meaning to do for years, because I love nerdy things like that, and my library must have done a Fall Cleanout since their “for sale” section was overloaded this time around, and I took full advantage! How can you go wrong when hardbacks are 50 cents and paperbacks just 10 cents?! I also got a free ARC of “Snug,” a comic/graphic novel, from Netgalley. It was really cute, funny, and realistic, and now I want the physical copy.
Blue’s friend came in to town with her new girlfriend and we had a delicious brunch in NYC. We had a “fiesta” at work celebrating our new renovated office space, Blue got me flowers for no reason, and we attended a benefit for our friend’s brother, who passed too young of colon cancer. It was a poker tournament, but they also had a full buffet, open bar, Bingo, and raffles for different gift baskets. I won for the first time, an awesome Spa Basket, with a robe, fuzzy slippers, and a spa gift card which I’m itching to use soon! Maybe I’ll treat myself to a post-holiday massage.
Blue and I exchanged ONE (big) Christmas gift early, since we both wanted to give the other something for vacation. I got her a pair of Air Pods Pro, since she was still living that wired life. She loves them, saying that not only do they fit snugly, but they really do cancel out all other noise and deliver great sound. She got me my first Kindle, a Kindle Paperwhite! I love how compact it is, and it truly does cancel out any glare. I also like that it automatically updated everything from the Kindle app I was using and connects to Goodreads! The first book I read on it was The Roxy Letters which I didn’t love, but more on that next Tuesday with Steph and Jana for Show Us Your Books!
Thanksgiving Day came and went without (too much) incident, which is all I really wanted! My mom and I met early in NYC and headed out to Long Island to visit my grandmother’s grave; that’s what we usually do since her birthday would have fallen within this time. It takes longer to travel there and back than we actually spend there, but a free shuttle takes us right to the spot and back, and it gives time to catch up. We stopped at Penn Station and grabbed Thanksgiving sandwiches- turkey and stuffing with a cranberry aioli which fit the bill perfectly! We then headed to the movies- another old “tradition” of ours. We watched Charlie’s Angels, which was actually better than I expected! We planned to get a “real” Thanksgiving Neal at a local restaurant, but they were just closing up when we got there! I wasn’t too bummed since we had the sandwiches earlier. So we ended our “festivities” at Subway lol. Overall, it was a fairly perfect day!
How was your Thanksgiving?
Linking with up Kristen!
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