Black Friday, Black Swan

I hope that you all had as grand of a Thanksgiving as I did. It was a ladies night at casa Jess with my Mom and my Grandma and it was fabulous.

This is from a few years ago- You better believe I didn’t wear a cute dress this year. I came to the table in my sweats. Sad? Yes. Comfortable? Also yes!

I don’t know how it’s possible after the feeding frenzy of last night but I woke up hungry this morning. And you know what I wanted for breakfast? The leftover pumpkin pie that was sitting on the counter. My Mom makes the best pie crust. In fact, my favorite cookie in the world is her ‘pie-crust’ cookies that is just leftover dough that she rolls in cinnamon sugar. Yum. Another selling factor is that she only makes them when there’s also a pie in the oven. I love a dessert that just foreshadows more dessert.

I don’t know about you guys, but I am NOT getting involved in any black friday madness, especially anything involving a crowded mall. (Not when you can find deals online in a state of total relaxation.) Between the ages of 11 and 17 I used to have to get up suuuuper early on black friday and head over to the busiest shopping center in St. Louis..but not to shop. My ballet company used to do a mini Nutcracker IN THE MALL right in front of the entrance to Macy’s in between the escalators. It was always a little embarrassing being decked out in costume with tons of people pausing to laugh at watch the little dancers. The best part was always when the day was done and we’d all head to Marble Slab and get huge ice cream cones.

That’s me with the not-so-great foot in front. At least my arm is not either covering my face, completely straight, or…geez, I dont even know what’s going on with the girl in the back

Finally not Clara! That’s me, age 14, in the pink tutu as the Sugar Plum Fairy