Thanksgiving Recap

Well I didn't do a Turkey Trot like I had originally hoped, but I did have a great run with friends that morning at Van Cortlandt Park. I met up with a group of ladies I hadn't seen in a while and did a five mile run. It was right before it got really cold here in NYC. It's crazy, it's like on Black Friday, the weather decided to suddenly say, "hey, it's winter now!" I pulled out the tights, Under Armour, hats, and gloves.
Back track to Wednesday, I had class until 6pm and of course it was crazy at Grand Central so i missed my train, but I did finally get home and immediately started baking pies. My mom and I made Apple pie with sour cream, pecan-pumpkin pie, and crack pie. If you don't know what crack pie is, it's the most amazing pie made at Momofuku Milk Bar in the Village. (There's no crack in it :) butter, eggs, and sugar in an oatmeal cookie crust). After my run, I got back and helped my mom finish the pies and I also made mashed potatoes. I use the Silver Palate recipe which includes butter, sour cream, and cream cheese. It's SO good but I try not to think about what's in it when I actually eat it lol.
Thanksgiving was spent with my nana, (my dad's mom) my two aunts and uncles and that side of the family, and 2/3 of my cousins. There was so much good food. My aunt is the person that made me love brussel sprouts. We had turkey, stuffing, cranberries, sweet potatoes, succotash, spinach salad, glazed carrots, my mashed potatoes, the three pies, and pumpkin beer! It was so so so so good. I definitely overate. My dad and I spent the day before dinner calculating how many calories we had to burn during our run to eat all the pie I was planning on having. Probably, definitely didn't run enough.
After dinner, my dad and I for the first time ever went black friday shopping at Target. This is funny because we are the people that make fun of the people that wait on line at Target for the store to open when any other day of the year you can walk right in. And this year stores were opening at 9 pm on Thanksgiving day! Blasphemy! You can't hold off until tomorrow?? Apparently not. Well my dad and I thought it would be funny to go (my mom did not, she stayed home lol) so we got on line at Target, waited 30 minutes, and then finally got in. It was crazy inside and people were running around getting off-brand televisions. What did I walk out with? Princess Bride dvd for $4, flannel pajama shorts for $10, and disinfecting wipes because my mom called and asked for them. HA! The checkout person probably though we were crazy. But hey, Princess Bride is a great movie!
The rest of my break was spent chilling out and seeing old friends. My three best friends and I met up and did an awesome four mile hike at Bear Mountain. It was hard but awesome! I love that I have friends that suggest athletic activities as a way to hang out.

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Back at school today, 3 weeks left until break!