Black... or should I say Pink Friday

Today was Black Friday... or in my Mary Kay Pink bubble... Pink Friday. For only being a consultant for almost 8 months... my Pink Friday sale didn't turn out too shabby. I had 5 people order from me amounting to over $150 in sales. I haven't gotten to the drawing yet, but even when that one lucky person gets their order for free, I will still have made over $100 in one day. Pretty successful if I do say so myself! 

Okay, now for Black Friday! I did not get up at the butt crack of dawn to go shopping. I went to Scrapbook Hideaway, Target, Starbucks (in Target) to enjoy a Peppermint Mocha & Shopko. I was able to get about $20 of scrapbooking supplies for about $12 with a 40% off discount. I purchased a few things for my Parents for Christmas and a few decorations from the $2.50 bin at Target. Russ & I went to Subway for supper, and he should me some ideas for Christmas at Sears... at pretty reasonable prices. So, we will see what he gets for Christmas this year :-)

Russ has the whole week end off! That hasn't happened in a while. Thankfully this week he has worked almost 31 hours... such a blessing! It's nice when there is enough money to pay the bills with a little room to breathe. 

Well, one thing that I got really excited about this week was cooking! Even though I feel like it is a pretty popular trend now a days, it is still exciting to me. :-) I cooked my first Thanksgiving Turkey... just a breast that is. :-) I had a conversation with my Mom about it and she recommended just doing a turkey breast due to time (since I decided to do it for a get together at a friend's house the day before) because it was less messy and doesn't take nearly as long. Suzie came over and helped me with a recipe from Betty Crocker online. We used melted butter, apple juice, paprika, thyme and garlic. I don't remember what the measurements were, but if you really want it, go online to Betty Crocker & find it... or ask Suzie. :-) It only took about 2 hours to cook, but it was pretty much a picture perfect turkey breast. My friend Katie Raffety has cooking blog that is becoming more and more famous every day about her cat, Butters and cooking and she would be proud :-) If you haven't read her blog... you need to, it is fabulous!! I want to try some of her recipes she posts. I also wonder how epic her Thanksgiving dinner was. So, Katie, if you are reading this.... and if you are taking requests for culinary topics to write about for your blog... please write about your Thanksgiving dinner! 
Here is a picture of the turkey breast! 

My sister in law was showing the picture off to my family in Glasgow at their Thanksgiving feast, since we couldn't be there. It was also a huge hit at the DeBray house hold, where we had our Thanksgiving feast. We also had mashed potatoes, crescent rolls, chips & artichoke dip, cherry, apple & pecan pie... let me quote Sid the Sloth on Ice Age by saying, "Yum-O!" And since we're on the topic of food....
How many of you have seen the movie Julie & Julia? Ever since we watched it we have wanted to learn how to make some of the recipes from the movie like bruschetta and hollandaise sauce. I found them online!! Here is the web site for them, Check it out!
http://www.delish.com/cooking-shows/food-tv/julie-julia-movie-recipes
 
Love & leftovers :-)
R&J