t.day

a little sample of what my t.day was like this year.

{one}

fun at g.ma's house (as usual)

this is a picture from my phone of a picture on the wall at g.ma's.

left to right: me {aw, so cute.}, erin {AH!}, dana {bald baby}, emily {cutie pie}

{two}

BLACK FRIDAY!!!

dana, emily, sara, and i found out that gap was having 50% off everything in their store from 12am to 10am.  naturally, we had to go.  so we headed over there at 10.45pm thinking there would be a line.  wrong. no line. no one there. no lights. so we called and found out it was opening at 6am.  we went home, slept for 4.5 hours and went back at 5am. still no line. first ones there.  so we sat in the car for 30 minutes with our blankets.  other people were pulling up and sitting in their cars, too.  finally at 5.30am some girls got out to open the store.  so we got out and waited. and so did a bunch of other people.  and then it happened.

6am.

store opened, we went wild.

not really.

but i put all 4 of our purchases on my gapcard so i will get some sweet reward vouchers in the mail come Christmas break.

i'm a black friday believer.

for gap that is.

50% off? you bet i'll be there. 5.30am next year!

we even stopped by old navy on our way out.

i found this super cute coat/jacket for only $35. and it was an xs petite, which meant that someone had to have returned it to the store. plus, it fit perfectly, which naturally meant i had to buy it.  and it was from old navy! who knew.

but dana decided to give it to me for christmas, which is a good thing since i have no money.

black friday miracle.

the remainder of the day consisted of laziness and a nice long nap--much needed.

{three}

that night i had more pumpkin pie {that's the end of it.  until christmas!}

and then mike wanted chili from harbor house and said "shakes on me."

i decided to go just so i wouldn't be sitting at home doing nothing.

dana and sara decided to tag along.

they got oreo bit shakes.

erin and i ended up ordering a peanut butter shake.

hello yum! no wonder they are known for them!

i don't know if i died and went to heaven because it was so good or if it was because it was so bad and i went into cardiac arrest.

either way, i better not go back!

{four}

shooby dooby down to Ruby's!

this morning we walked down the pier to Ruby's for breakfast.

loooove going out to breakfast.

loooove the beach.

loooooove Ruby's.

win. win. win.

we didn't get down there til about 10.15--late breakfast.  emily and dad had already had pancakes and orange rolls, respectively.  this is dad's kobe beef burger.  at 10.45am. hello, huge.

and of course, he was part of the clean plate club. 

{so was i with my egg white veggie omelette--my absolute favorite! mostly because i can't handle the sugar, or i don't want to handle the sugar, and i can't make an omelette for the life of me. hence, one of the reasons i love going out to breakfast.}

of course we snapped some photos via phone afterward.

and of course erin made mike pose this way.

which is why he is laughing and erin has an awkward smile.

oh we are so funny.

love, love, love.

more love, love, love.

{five}

i finally saw erin's new place.

5 minute walk down the street to the beach? i'll take it.

isn't it so cute?

then erin and i went and saw steve's little baby.

tiny! and so cute!

and then we visited grandpa and grandma galloro.

and grandpa had a hat on that said "Galloro University."

yeah, he's that smart.