Happy Turkey Day

[llcoolvad]

Ahhh. Turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, onions, gravy, peas, rolls and butter, cranberry sauce, turnip for Mom, and mince pie heated up with ice cream for dessert. Rock!

I've already cleaned up the whole kitchen, run the dishwasher, put all the clean dishes away, taken out all the trash in the house, and cleaned up my room, so now I can laze around in my post-feast stupor with no guilt.

I forgot to mention my favorite part of Thanksgiving (at least in the last few years) — the Thanksgiving Day Purina Dog Show! Nothing in this world puts me in a better mood than happy doggies.

So a big Happy Thanksgiving to all you Americans, and hope all the rest of you had a good day, too.

And remember, tomorrow is Buy Nothing Day in America (Buy Nothing Day is on Saturday for the rest of the world). Celebrate appropriately!

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[superplin.livejournal.com]

And remember, tomorrow is Buy Nothing Day in America (Saturday for the rest of the world).

Tomorrow is Saturday everywhere but America?

[llcoolvad.livejournal.com]

Ha! Funny.

Sigh. Someday I'll learn the language of my birth. Editing now.

[superplin.livejournal.com]

Hee. I wasn't sure whether that was what you meant, or whether you thought today was Friday and were saying that BND is an American phenomenon, so the day is just known as "Saturday" everywhere else.

In any case, you couldn't pay me enough to go shopping tomorrow, so it'll be an effort-free sense of virtue! My favorite kind.

[llcoolvad.livejournal.com]

Mine too! It's handy when you have no money, too. Really reinforces the whole thing.

[rolandgsl.livejournal.com]

Nothing in this world puts me in a better mood than happy doggies.

Just remember, your quickest shortcut to a happy doggie is FOOD. :b :p :P My doggies tell me so. ;)

[llcoolvad.livejournal.com]

That seems to be the trick at the dog shows. The dogs are wriggling with delight, probably because every ten seconds their handlers give them a wee treat.

[kicking-k.livejournal.com]

I have buy-nothing days all the time. In fact, quite often I have barely-leave-the-house days.

Although - are you buying something if you (say) switch on a light, since you'll be billed for the electricity? That might be harder to comply with.

My husband eats mince pies all the year round, although they're usually a Christmas thing here. His mother makes them herself and sends consignments to us every so often. They're one of the things I'll probably never dare to try making... it might not be a good idea to infringe on her purlieu.

[llcoolvad.livejournal.com]

I ended up buying a movie ticket and dinner, so I failed in my Buy-Nothingness. But I didn't darken the doorstep of a single shop, and I didn't shop on Saturday, either. Although I bought a movie ticket and dinner that day, too.

Tomorrow is another day! I am hoping to return a book to a bookstore, so that's not buying anything (and in fact taking money away from the evil retailers). Maybe I can make it an "I only bought food and movies" weekend? Sigh.

[kicking-k.livejournal.com]

Well, food is hardly consumerism. If you haven't got food, you have to get it from somewhere... :)

[livingdeb.livejournal.com]

Get your mother-in-law's mince pie recipe now in case you both outlive her or at least ask her to pass it onto you in her will. Ideally, you will watch her make it and get hints. You can promise to never make it so long as she is able to.

Sorry, I recently heard another sad story invoving gravy recipes dying with their maker. Don't let this happen to you!

(Or get your husband to get the recipe. Heh.)

[kicking-k.livejournal.com]

In case we both outlive her? Not to sound unkind - she's very nice - but I'm sort of assuming we both will, since she is twenty-some years older than both of us...

I am sure that she wouldn't mind giving me the recipe, or object in the least if I made them; it's more that I don't quite dare to presume to rival the Queen of Mince Pies. These are LEGENDARY mince pies. My husband will not eat shop-bought mince pies because compared to hers they are just not worth it. You see what I'm up against!

She's already given me her recipe for chocolate log, and I've made it, and J has pronounced it tasty though not quite the same (which is the best anyone can hope for, I think, when cooking from their mother-in-law's recipes).