Obviously, I need more sleep

So yeah... I fell asleep while putting Littlebat to bed (again) on Thursday and missed another day of NaBloPoMo, darn it. I had been working on his 14 month letter earlier in the day, but I never got to finish it (there's this nifty little thing called "save as draft"). And I haven't been at the computer in almost 48 hours!! So, tomorrow I'll add photos to his letter and retro post it. And I'll probably go back and edit/add to the Thanksgiving photo post too. I know that goes against the NaBloPoMo rule (yes, the one single rule)... but oh well, at least I'm coming clean about it.

Anyway, I haven't been online because I've spent the last 48 hours... (among various other things, like sleeping in until 8am (!) since Papa was home to look after Littlebat) shopping. I actually ventured out to the sales on Friday. I wasn't going to go, but my cousins were talking about it after dinner on Thursday, and I was so curious... and I ended up having a wonderful experience! It was my first time ever shopping on the day after Thanksgiving. I went to Kohl's at around 10am (six hours after they opened), got a ton of shopping accomplished, got some good deals, and only had to wait in line for about 10 minutes. It was great! And now, probably like most other "black Friday" shoppers, I think I'm hooked.

And today I hit the thrift stores. I came home with two huge bags of baby clothes, some for LB, some for gifts (really good stuff like Carter's, Children's Place, Oshkosh, Baby Gap, Old Navy, etc.), purchased for pennies! I love thrifting! I love to shop anyway, so picking through racks and racks of clothes, looking for the perfect thing at just the right price really excites me. And finding that perfect thing makes me absolutely giddy! And thrift shopping is especially rewarding. I like that the money spent usually goes to charity, and I love that I can get so much for so little... and buying recycled clothing instead of new is good for the environment too! What's not to love?

I'm pretty much finished my Christmas shopping... but my neighbor called earlier this afternoon and wants to go thrifting tomorrow. No arm twisting needed.