What has Whitney been up to?

Hey lovelies!

So yeah I'm about two weeks late, but I'm going to catch you up on all the fun stuff that I've been up to so far this holiday season.

The Wednesday before Thanksgiving we had a little high school reunion get together at a local pub/bar. I know I've mentioned before that my high school experience was a little unique. So this was open to all classes. And I do mean all....somehow a class of 2012-er ended up there. Smh. (Us 2003-ers were none to pleased, none too pleased I tell ya!)

My hair and makeup before I went!

 I'm not going to lie. I spent about an hour getting ready. Yes a lot of these peeps I see all the time, but some I haven't seen in awhile and let's face it you want to impress. My shirt is from Express by the way and I LOVE it. Super comfy and a great color on just about everyone.

 This here is almost exactly 1/4 of my graduating class. There were only 19 of us.

This was my elementary/middle school/and high school BFF Courtney. Yes Courtney and Whitney. We got confused a lot. And more than once our teachers tried to send us home with homework for our 'sister' if one of us was out sick. We are NOT related at all. We actually hadn't seen each other since Boomer's baby shower so it was GREAT to catch up.

This hot lil mama is Tiffany. Love her. Even if she was three years behind me in school and totally dated my ex! She's a fabulous dancer/choreographer and mommy to the CUTEST little boy. Her hip hop class is the truth if any C-bus ladies are looking for a good/fun workout.

Then there was Thanksgiving day. I woke up (without a hangover THANK GOD), and got to cooking. Boomer decided she wanted to help me so mom dropped her off from their sleepover. (Boomer 'helping' by the way equals watching TV and tasting.)

After everything was cooked and packed. We drove across the street to Momma Boom's house to find THIS!!!!

My Mommy is fancy ya'll. Fresh flowers, and my great-grandmother's china. Fancy.

I actually didn't get any pictures of my glorious food, because as soon as it hit my plate I inhaled it. Good thing I wore leggings!

JJ actually joined the family for dinner which was nice for Boomer. And he took this gem.

 

I don't care you who you are....that is funny.

BTW I'm giving away some goodies along with some other fab ladies HERE today. So hurry. Go enter!

Holiday Crazies....and Being Thankful

Hi Lovelies!

So I'm totally MIA in blog world this week. Sorry....some of you know I work in corporate retail and well....this is one of the busiest weeks of the year for us. Plus I work in e-commerce so its Black Friday and Cyber Monday craziness for me!

I just wanted to share a quick story with you all:

Last night I stopped into Kroger with Boomer to get things for Thanksgiving dinner (yes y'all...I'm cooking the whole she-bang). When we got into line to check out I noticed the mom two spots ahead. She was wearing slightly tattered clothes, and the kids in her cart were both so ready to leave. I realized she didn't have enough to pay for everything she had and was trying to decide what she could do without. The items she had purchased weren't extras for a Thanksgiving feast. We're talking milk, eggs, and bread. The woman in front of me didn't say a word but handed the cashier some cash for the woman's items. The look on her face was utter shock. She thanked the woman over and over, and the woman in front of me shrugged and simply said 'Pay it forward.'

I know its totally cliche to talk about what we're thankful for around this time of year....but watching that exchange really made me think. Boomer and I don't have it easy, but we have. We have a tiny one bedroom apartment, but we have a warm place to sleep every night. I have a working car. I have a job. We don't always eat out, but we always eat. We don't have all the clothes that we want, but we leave the house looking put together everyday. Boomer might not have all the toys in every commercial, but she has fun things and knows beyond a shadow of a doubt that she is loved.

So I'm thankful.