Humanity

Yesterday my sister and I were discussing where we should go shopping on Black Friday and what time we should go. We chatted for a moment before she mentioned "We will miss everything since all the stores open at 8pm on Thursday!" How ridiculous is that? Thanksgiving should be spent with your loved ones, not standing out in the cold waiting for the best deals. Anyway, we go shopping for fun and to spend time together, not to beat down the person next to us for the "best deal of the season." I wish families were more about what it means to be a family and not the aspect of getting crazy for deals at a store. This year I'll be doing what I usually do the night of Thanksgiving; spending time with my families, watching Christmas movies and looking through the huge Thanksgiving paper from the comfort of my home. I'm pretty excited :)

Aside from the sales starting on Thanksgiving, this whole month I have been impressed with the way most people have been portraying their thankfulness. Often times we (me included) get wrapped up in certain aspects of the holidays; what we will be wearing here, what we are eating on this day, what to get so and so as a gift, etc. it is also important to show our gratitude to those around us and more importantly to our Heavenly Father who has giving us everything. Every so often I challenge myself to say a full prayer of gratitude. Instead of saying "Please" I say "Thank you." Those are the prayers we should get lost in. Try it this week! 

This week was all about getting invitations out. I recieved my long awaited invitations on Tuesday, opened them and saw what I had hoped not to see, a typo. Now I will say that I am partially to blame for this since I typed them out. But I contacted the company and they directly told me they had fixed it and they would be sent correctly. Obviously they weren't. I contacted the company again and I was pretty upset. They offered to send me a new set with overnight shipping. I got my second set and still a typo. This time I wasn't as upset as I probably should have been. For a moment I was but then I dawned on me that I couldn't do anything about it. The invitations are being sent out anyway and it's almost laughable now. Life lesson: don't get too worked up over things you cannot control. Plus, the people who recieve them will likely laugh as well, so you're welcome for the laugh ;) 

Wedding stuff has been coming together really well. 25 days left! We're very excited :) Can't wait to spend forever with my best friend!! A man at church came up to speak with Megan and I yesterday and he thanked her for her beautiful organ playing. Then he looked at me and said "Tripper Frost, what a guy! What a name too! I want to change my name to Tripper!" Haha super nice guy. But in all honestly, what a guy! It's so crazy to think of all these qualities you've ever wanted in your future spouse and actually being blessed enough to marry your dream man. I'm so lucky :) 

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I hope everyone has a great day with their families remembering all they have been given :)