My Thanksgiving vacation

[Richelle Votaw]

Well, hello everyone!  I'm back?  Did you miss me?  No?  Did anyone notice I was gone at all?  Probably not. :)

Here's a quick synopsis of my vacation, with HP high points noted.

First, I stopped at Tallahassee, FL to see my dad for a few minutes.  While there he gave me an early Christmas present--HP Chamber of Secrets Lego set. :)

Next, I looked at EVERY place that sells toys, and finally found the new Hermione action figure.  I think I have everything that's been released.  Then on to Washington D.C.  Did all your basic tourist "stuff" there.  Plus went shopping.  You know those "Build-A-Bear" places?  They had one--with a "Wizard Academy" outfit, glasses, the works.  So I had to build a bear.  His name is Harry.  I spent over $50 on a teddy bear!  Ack!  Ah, well, it was worth it.  

>From there I went to the Lee Middleton doll factory in Ohio, bought two new dolls.  One of which is named Rupert Michael (sound familiar?) and thus completes my Daniel, Emma, Rupert trio.  Stopped in Greensboro, NC and bought another doll, to bring my doll total to three and I won't say how much money spent on those three!

Finally, driving through Atlanta I nearly had a fit over a billboard. A good fit, mind you.  They had a Chamber of Secrets billboard up.  It was the highlight of the trip home.  Okay, maybe it's not a big deal to those of you in large cities, but around here you don't see billboards for movies, certainly not HP!  So there I was, driving through Atlanta, yelling about a billboard, and my mom casually remarks, "Yes, it's the big three."  The big three?  Whatever.

So, that was my Thanksgiving vacation.  Do I really have to go back to work tomorrow?

Richelle

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