I believe mashed potatoes make a fine breakfast choice.
Sometimes I think I’m the only one out there who would rather die than step into a mall (or any shopping establishment) on Black Friday.
Instead, I believe Black Friday is a holiday reserved for wearing black stretchy pants on the couch….and eating leftovers.
My mom’s nickname for me growing up was “pumpkin-breath”. Only now am I wondering, what does that mean?
I love pumpkins.
I know this might come as a shock….but I really don’t like vegetables all that much.
There. I said it!!!!
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haha LOVE your black friday festivities!! i’ve never participated in the shopping extravaganza – i love shopping, but the thought of battling crazy i’m-gonna-get-a-deal-if-it-kills-me is a bit scary!
It’s 10am, my breakfast was stuffing, turkey, and cranberry sauce, and I have no plans to leave the house today. God bless Black Friday
A man after my own heart.
i was going to try black friday shopping for the first time this year, but i woke up with a mad stomach ache that disappeared soon after my mom left – i guess my subconscious didn’t think i could handle it.
i did pilates, ate cranberry sauce on toast for breakfast, ate some turkey just now (since i ate breakfast at the ungodly hour of 5:30), and now i’m already thinking of the delicious leftovers sandwich i’m going to have for lunch.
Breakfast this morning was a slice of Mississippi Mud Pie with a banana and coffee – and the only shopping plans are to go to the grocery store for bread and milk. Curling up on the couch with the cat an a good book sound much better!
Black Friday…ick! I am all about leftovers! My husband’s sister makes homemade Challah bread every year. I am currently eating Challah french toast with cranberry sauce! YUM! I love the holidays!
I can stand Black Friday. I refuse to take part in the chaos!
As for veggies… I only eat them a few times per week
My breakfast? A leftover piece of pecan pie
I don’t think any of us like vegetables all that much! Unless they’re made into pie
Actually, I really really like vegetables.
I’m almost ashamed.
I feel like same way about Black Friday – give me a long, good, full night’s sleep any day!
You don’t like veggies that much?? Pretty sure you’re my new best friend. Thanks for the shoutout!
I agree about Black Friday unless there is a certain item you’ve been pining over and just know you can get it on Black Friday for a good deal, but even then…maybe not so much. We drove by Target and Best Buy last night really slow and made faces at the people in line, haha!
And as we speak (type), I am in black stretchy pants on my couch.
ps: did you ever do a post on photography tips?
Totally had a slice of pie for breakfast. I’m about 95% sure I’ll have one for lunch too
lol at least it was “pumpkin” breath versus something that doesn’t smell good:-)
I am right there with you on the Black Friday festivities! I woke up to bacon, though, which isn’t half bad, I must say.
Your vegetable confession made my life. I’ve felt like such a rebel all this time.
I think I prefer pizza to veggies, too.
I definitely don’t believe in Black Friday http://bit.ly/hYplzZ
Okay now, you just leave veggies out of this – I’m here to speak for the veggie party!!
I’m so staying inside too today, I think anyone who would go out must be mad.
I love your food blooger confessions!
I too will be nowhere near the mall….yikes!
However I love all my veggies.
clearly I mean “Blogger” not blooger, geesh,.
I’m bummed this morning that I have no leftovers!? but I do have on black stretchy pants.
Oh, and I tend to panic at large crowds of crazy-eyed shoppers. I might punch somebody just trying to get outta the store. Therefore I stay home. thank you and good night.
Cute, not a fan of Black Friday either and hate that I had to listen to my boss talk to much about it and his plan of what stores to be at when – ugh!
These are my favorite posts!!!
I was undecided until last night whether to brave the shops today because it’s my last year in the US before heading back to Australia (we don’t have Thanksgiving or Black Friday) but in the end I decided that people in large crowds are just too annoying : )
I shopped on Amazon instead and got me a lovely new lense for my camera!
Mashed potatoes make a fine anything-meal in my book. Especially when made with extra butter.
I am another that hates shopping on Black Friday. There is no deal good enough to make me want to put up with the crowds and madness! Maybe it’s because I worked in retail so I really know the madness… I’m with you though, stretchy pants and leftovers!! I ate leftovers for breakfast
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Black Friday is pure insanity! I like your idea better.
This made me think about when first realized could also roast vegetables in the brownie pan. I was engaged & had designed a mountain lake house where we could water ski all summer/snow ski all winter/hike in-between. It was then I planted a garden to ‘grow’ our own ratatouille ; which came to signify the gulf in our world views: She said: No pesticide use whatsoever. He said: Better living thru chemicals.
I gave the engagement ring to my sister who later gave it to my son’s French girlfriend who became a personal chef & relocated to San Francisco while my son remained in France & became a citizen. So I can see where veggies can spark all sorts of chain-reactions.
If only I’d stuck to cookie baking…we might still be skiing Gold Mountain (chubbier) together.
I’m totally with you on the shopping thing. I can’t thing of anything less fun than heading out to the mall to battle with crazy shoppers and long lines all morning long. Black Friday is always my time to lounge around the house, read all day, and eat more turkey. Now, THAT is my idea of Black Friday fun.
I agree with you 100% about Black Friday. WHY would I want to be in line at Old Navy in the freezing cold at 3 in the morning? Someone please explain!!
uggh i totally feel you on the black friday thing. i just don’t really understand it…but i work later. at a drive-thru & cafe starbucks. in the middle of two shopping centers. pray for me! hah
I love your version of Black Friday. I’m actually celebrating it that exact same way.
I completely agree with your opinion about Black Friday. I absolutely refuse to step foot in a mall at all this weekend. Mashed potatoes (and/or stuffing) make for a fabulous breakfast!!
Nothing to do with this post but… Went to Torchy’s Tacos and had the pork green chile taco and you were right, beyond good!!!!!!!!!!! Loved it! Thanks for the tip. Any other MUST EAT places in Austin recommended by Adam? (we just moved to Austin)
thank you for admitting you don’t love vegetables! i feel the exact same but force myself to eat them every day! so weird haha
DITTO! I am wearing stretchy black pants and eating leftovers. I also love sleeping in so no shopping for me!
I’m not a huge fan of Black Friday either. I am willing to go out, but it has to be later, like 9am so the crowds aren’t completely insane!
I’m with you 110%… on the mashed potatoes and Black Friday!
I don’t know how anyone can not like vegetables. Any vegetable roasted with oil is like candy. You can eat it with anything. Like chocolate and pizza
Yeah I have a hard time believing you. This is coming from the girl that used to make green juices and smoothies.
oh man jenna i feel betrayed.. i thought you loved veggies! AND you got me hooked on GMs D:
I don’t like black Friday, but I do like mashed potatoes.
I wish I had some.
I agree on the Black Friday! Watching a movie in some yoga pants and eating left overs
“Sometimes I think I’m the only one out there who would rather die than step into a mall (or any shopping establishment) on Black Friday.”
I just posted about this! I have no desire to get trampled to save 20 bucks on a dvr player than I dont want or NEED anyway. I’d gladly pay more another day. Or just live without it. Or that great deal on a sweater or whatever. Who cares! After driving around to find parking for hours..with a cranky kid in the backseat, I’d rather die than deal with that scene!
I am sooo with you!
No Black Friday for me but love me some
ALABAMA football. ROLL TIDE ROLL!
Beat Auburn!
Confessions…I’m barely having any chance to read blogs anymore…none.
I never move.
I eat multiple eggs and meat products a day….
I have perpetual issues…
I have a TV on the floor…
I eat and eat and eat…and then eat more
I eat about 1/2 jar of nut butter….just in the first half of the day alone…
I eat bread every day. Every single meal.
I love sweets. I don’t care what anyone says …I have no control
phew – got it out – time to think about something else now.
Again, the Empty Nut Jar strikes with her rays of sunshine…
And no, you’re not alone.
I haven’t ventured into a mall in years. Years.
I bought one article of clothing in last 2 years. From the grocery store.
I participated in Black Friday by force. I had to work at 3:30am. Yay retail…
Halleluja sister! It’s nice to know I’m not the only one who would rather stay inside at 3:00am and SLEEP. I spent the morning chillaxin with my daughter and having a nice breakfast. If you ask me that’s way better than being in frenzy for the “best deal”.
Haha, I agree! Shopping is so stressful this time of year. I would rather relax and be with family!
I am with you on the would rather die than be in a mall on Black Friday. I never participate. I like some vegetables more than others but feel 100% better when they’re in my life.
Right there with you on Black Friday! Our big outing for the day was a movie! I avoid the malls for the next month as much as I can!
I vote for apple pie for breakfast. And I voted with my fork! And somehow, it tasted even better the second day.
Lmao @ Pumpkin-breath! Way to boost a kid’s self esteem
I, too, would ONLY be caught dead in a store on Black Friday. Plus the office I work in is “business per usual” on Black Friday.
I never understood how people enjoy Black Friday…..our family consumes way too much food and wine to get up at 3 or 4am for shopping….nothing is worth that to me….:)
agreeed. i would NOT want to get up at 3 am to stand in line to buy stuff. the only place i went shopping today was the grocery store (why i am buying more food??! i dont know) but so far today i had cranberry apple crisp mixed with yogurt for breakfast, pumpkin whoopie pies/pumpkin cake for snacks , butternut squash soup for lunch. and there’s plenty of apple pie in the fridge just waiting for me
Mashed potatoes for breakfast are perfect; even better when topped with an egg.
TOTALLY with you on the veggies and Black Friday!
Yup, black stretchy pants and leftovers on the couch… that’s exactly how I’ve spent most of my day! I wouldn’t dare go near a mall today!
I’m in agreement with you. I don’t do Black Friday and you are right. The day should be spent on the couch eating leftovers.
Wah wah wahh… I ALWAYS have to work because I’m in retail so consider yourself lucky! I also wonder why the heck people are out shopping because I would be in bed eating stuffing, mashed potatoes, etc, if I could. However, I loooooooove vegetables. What the heck Jenna– you live in the best place to buy/eat them. Plus you can always cook them with locally made butter or even perhaps some bacon if you’d like…
I hate Black Friday with a passion — mostly I’m afraid of the swarms of people who will stampede for the tv that is now an additional 5% off… I think its even more ridiculous that stores now open at midnight or 2am…why do they even close?!
Haha…I’m such a Black Friday shopper. But I also love my leftovers. That’s why I shop early.
I must be lucky, I love vegetables!
I am with you on Black Friday. My husband had to DRAG me to go shopping. Ahh – The things we do for love!
I’m glad I’m not the only one who’s scared off by big shopping days! I’ve also never stepped inside a mall on boxing day and I don’t plan on starting. I can see there are great deals but I’d rather have my sanity!
I agree!! Black Friday’s overrated, I always come away with stuff i didn’t mean to get
plus, i’d rather not get trampled by a crazy lady mowing people down for a purse. this morning I put turkey and cranberry sauce in my oatmeal and then cover it with stuffing. its like thanksgiving just mushier! haha
I spent black friday hiking in the woods. You are not alone!
love the confession posts! right there with ya.
No time for black friday shopping, watched the iron bowl instead. Even though we lost all I have to say is Roll Tide!!!
I’ve determined that the amount of money I would pay someone to do my shopping for me on Black Friday far surpasses any savings I’d get through deals.
Therefore, I instead stay up late drinking wine and playing cards with my family on Thanksgiving, and sleep in Friday until Husker football is on.
Jenna, I’ve been reading your blog for a long time but have never left a comment. I am a (26 year old) Presbyterian pastor, and these “confessions” of yours crack me up because it’s sometimes what I help people do! Lately, it seems like you are much more confident about your humanness. None of us is perfect, and frankly none of us loves vegetables… we just feel better when we eat them
. Thanks for being YOU (and for being lighthearted in the process).
Sarah
I like you plans for Black Friday much more than showing up at Target at 4 AM. No thanks!
I totally agree about black Friday….I would rather pay the extra money to not have to leave the house the day after Thanksgiving…and this year…I did some black friday shopping from my comfy red couch!!! YAY for online shopping!!
Totally love reading about your awesome adventures in life. Possibly my fav blog to read.
Cheers
B
I call Black Friday “Leftovers Day”. And I avoided the mall but had to go to Target to get the supplies my kids needed to finish a school project. It wasn’t so bad at Target by 1pm.
Has anyone told you about the Indian-Spiced cauliflower dip in Oprah Magazine this month? Yum! http://www.oprah.com/food/Indian-Spiced-Cauliflower-Dip
I also tried the pumpkin granola recipe, but mine was soggy and did not crisp up. It’s still yummy in yogurt though!
http://www.oprah.com/food/Spiced-Pumpkin-and-Brown-Sugar-Granola
I avoid malls and stores completely on Black Friday ( and most other days too )
I nearly start having an anxiety attack when I think of shopping on Black Friday. Huge crowds, long lines, stupid people, irritated employees …. uuuugh. I do 90% of my holiday shopping online.
I definitely like my carbs better than vegetables, but I’d be sad without them on my plate, too.
Why on earth would I want to get up at 5am to save $15 on a pair of shoes?! Whyyy? I’m a strict online shopper so Black Friday means movies, more cooking and Thanksgiving sandwiches. Glad I’m not alone!