High Five for Friday

1.  We got back from our trip to New York on Sunday night. We had an awesome time there. More to come on that soon!

2.  I was really worried that the time I took to have a vacation over Thanksgiving break would kick me in the butt when I returned, but I survived my Pharmacology test and final skills assessment practical in CEVS. Yay!

3.  We went out with friends last night for pizza at the California Pizza Kitchen, where some of the proceeds helped to support the Alabama Baptist Children's Homes and Family Ministries, which is where one of our other friends works! It was fun to have a night out on the town after a stressful week, and even better that it benefited other families at the same time! Also, our pizzas were delicious. I was able to order a BBQ Chicken pizza, which Jesse usually vetoes. :)

4.  Our Christmas cards got ordered and arrived this week. I was able to take advantage of an awesome Cyber Monday deal through Cardstore.com.  Long story short, their site was slammed and resulted in many people having technical difficulties, where we could not submit our order by midnight. They were a kind enough company to honor the deal on Tuesday for those that had contacted them about the problems with their order on Cyber Monday. So we saved a TON on dollar$ on our cards this year, and they are awesome quality. I would highly recommend Cardstore. (Unfortunately I'm not compensated to say that...) Plus they fill your box up with colorful froo-froo stuff that makes you smile when you open your box!  Of course, you can't see them until they arrive in your very own mailbox!

5.  I stopped by the Goodwill on my way home from school today. They apparently have some kind of connection with Target, which I'm wondered about before. Several months ago they had 5 of the same skirts from Target which seemed odd. But this time, they had all kinds of Target stuff, including Christmas wrapping and decorations. I actually found some simple stocking holders that I eyed last year at Target for half their price! And another skirt for $4 bucks. Not bad, not bad.

Christmas decorating will ensue tonight! After we pick up the house from prior to leaving last week, and all of our stuff we dumped here and there upon return. It's been busy, I promise. But I'm excited to get our few decorations out.  I've been in denial a few days about it already being December. But I have done some (online) Christmas shopping this week, so that helps get the Christmas-juices flowing. :)

Enjoy your weekend, everyone!