For Thanksgiving this year, we decided to stay in Asheville rather than visit with family in Georgia and Alabama. Harrison found himself swamped with three 20-page papers due the week after, so we were pretty tied down to home. It actually worked out pretty well though since several of our other friends also stayed in town. We decided to throw a pot-luck Thanksgiving dinner at Christen's apartment and all dress up like characters from 90's sitcoms (because theme parties/dressing up = "Stuff White People Like"). I dressed up as Rachel from "Friends," Harrison was Zack from "Saved by the Bell," Christen was Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman, Katie Anne was Alex Mac, Melissa was the white version of Rudy from "The Cosby Show," and Renee was the mom from "Family Ties."
We started with appetizers that included shrimp cocktail and champagne with fresh sqeezed cranberries (this is a tradition in Christen's family, and one that I may have to adopt). Our meal was fantastic: Carrot curry soup, cranberry/blue cheese salad, roasted asparagus and red peppers, green bean casserole, cheesy mashed potatoes, fantastic turkey and stuffing, pumpkin pie, apple crumble, and cookies! We were all about to pop. We spent the rest of the night playing board games. Harrison and Christen drove around downtown looking to give our leftovers to the homeless, but had no luck! They put the leftovers in the bus station but they were still there the next day!
Possibly the best part of the night was when the gravy congealed and Melissa acted like she was going to pour it on Renee. We took a few pictures of her doing this, since it was funny that even when turning the gravy upside-down, it wouldn't move. Eventually, it did. Renee (and Christen's couch) got covered in congealed gravy! I haven't laughed that hard in a while!
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