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I was actually so busy enjoying myself over the Thanksgiving holiday that I didn't make time to post anything.  On Wednesday night my mom came down from Jersey.  We re-decorated my little Xmas tree (it was hurting from being stuffed in closets for so long) and hung up Xmas decorations in the apartment, which actually turned into purging some of the older decorations that my mom had passed down to me.  There were quite a few that were really hurting.  The three of us cooked mashed sweet potatoes for Thanksgiving dinner (our contribution) and made a tasty dinner feast for ourselves. 

On Thursday, we continued to purge.  I had mentiend to my mom earlier that I needed her to help us organize what had come to be known as "the scary closet".  With wedding presents taking up space and the shuffle we had to do to give our subletter some room in the guest closet, the junk in the closet had spiraled out of control.  Adam was a trooper purging things that he had been holding on to, but hadn't looked at in years.  It always helps to have a neutral party involved when debating throwing away someone's old stuff.  My mom is great at this.  She actually got a big kick out of it, because she had always believed Adam's comments about me saving too much stuff, but she had a chance to see the crap that he was holding on to for so long -- kind of funny. 

For Thanksgiving, we went to Patti & Dan's.  It was nice having my mom there with us.  Its an enjoyable event because its really a cocktail party with some turkey... not one of those occasions where everyone is just waiting around until they eat.  Here's a link, if you want to see some of our photos.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/heiked/sets/72157594390198247/

On Friday, my mom and I went shopping and bought me the leather coat that is my Xmas present from her.  I think she was a little disappointed that it didn't take us long -- I really liked the second coat we tried.  I can't mention enough how much I enjoyed my mom visiting!!!