Mom's birthday

It was kinda rough, following-up on a big Thanksgiving meal with a birthday celebration.

But, someone had to do it.

So, after pigging out on turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, sundry vegetables, pumpkin and minced meat pies, I started off "Black Friday" with a breakfast of birthday cake.

Is that decadent, or what?!

The diet starts on Monday.

In the mean time, I trotted the old girl out to see how bad the retail environment would be over here on the coast.

Boy, were we shocked.

Living in metro-Orlando, we've come to expect a lack of convenient parking, a surplus of rude behavior, and grueling lines.

That's why I generally stay home on this most horrible day of the year for folks like me who hate shopping on any day of the year.

But, even I was pleasantly surprised by what we found here at the coast.

Best of all, we were done and back to the condo by 2pm.

Can't beat that with a stick, and the birthday girl was happy. So, all in all a good day.

Time to do some beach-combing before the sun goes down . . . til later!