We continued our yearly tradition of visiting the Macy’s Santa Claus Parade this morning. This year was our best. We were out the door on time, in Seattle on time, parked on time and EVEN had a curbside spot before the first group made its way down 4th avenue. The kids had a great time, we were appropriately chilled by the end and danced along to each and every marching band. We are at the perfect age for parades now!!

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After the parade fun, we headed into a few stores and took advantage of a few Black Friday deals. We used to get waaaaayyy into the Black Friday thing. Mostly it was the event of it and less about the deals. There is something fun about being in a store at 3:AM. Don’t ask me why. Perhaps it’s like those lock-ins where we slept at school as a kid… Anyhow, this year we hit a couple of stores, actually scored some cool deals that we didn’t know we needed and then just played tourists in our town. It was really fun.

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Pike Place Market

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The gum wall was the perfect place to share a kiss… (It really was as gross as you think it would be. Grosser, really.)
After all that? Thanksgiving leftovers, hot tub, couching and a run. It was a perfecto day!

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This was a new sight to see at the parade. It felt good to know there were systems in place for bombing events, but talk about feeling unnerved at the reminder it could happen… Shiver.


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