Thanksgiving and Black Friday weekend (Nov 27)

After celebrating my birthday with lots of eating, the next feasting occasion was Thanksgiving which followed closely behind. Thanksgiving was celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November,

I had a pre-Thanksgiving dinner on Wednesday where I had a East-West Thanksgiving dinner of sambal prawn, pork braised in dark soya sauce, traditional stuffed-turkey, pecan pie etc. Cecilia and Josephine co-hosted this wonderful dinner and I avoided alcohol since I had to drive back to Baltimore from Camile Drive in Potomac, MD.

On Thanksgiving, I was invited by Yih Yng to his Singaporean Thanksgiving of chicken rice, salmon sashimi, Thai-curry pork, Szechuan soup and roasted beef. His culinary skill was superb. I realized I could not gorge as much as before. Sign of aging and lack of exercise.

On Black Friday, Joe, his family, and I headed to Hagerstown Prime Outlet, armed with discount coupons printed online. We reached around 9am and collected our membership cards which we applied online. With our new membership card, we split the cost of a $5-coupon booklet.

Thereafter, I headed straight to Adidas where I spent $77 on running gears. As I was looking for a humidifier and a travel hair dryer, I went into Black and Decker. There was no sign of either item but there were lots of Jo!e products which I had been collecting. There were pans, spatulas, measuring equipments, fridge magnets, tongs, cutting board etc. After spending $65, my collection would be almost complete. Yipee.

We only left Hagerstown around closing time, clocking my record of a 12-hour shopping spree! In total, I spent about $400.

On Saturday, we met again to do grocery shopping. I had not gone to AA Supermarket or HMart since Jianshi's in-laws came one month ago. I had to replenish Thai jasmine rice, leafy vegetables, tuna steak, and Chinese dumplings. We also dropped by Sam's club. My grocery bill came up to $150. To end the day, we had a delicious dinner at Szechuan House in Lutherville.

We visited Jianshi's newborn son and went to Towson Town Center on Sunday. I just bought a facial cleanser at Nordstrom Rack as mine was running out.

After five days of driving around shopping, doing errands, and eating, I was exhausted. Life returned to normalcy today.