High Five for Friday!

High Five for Friday friends!  This week has been a complete whirlwind and I can’t believe it’s already almost the weekend!  Linking up with Lauren for the standard High Five shenanigans:

       1) On Tuesday night I had dinner and caught up with one of my best friends.  Our friendship is one in which we can go extended periods without seeing each other but when we meet up it’s like we were just together yesterday.  It’s the best and added a boost to the beginning of my work week.

  

   2) We also had dinner at our house with some, new to me-old to Aaron, friends.  You know when you meet people and you can tell right away that they’re just really great people?  Well, that’s how these friends are.  Plus, they made Pioneer Woman's Knock You Naked Brownies and they were amazing! 
  

Photo courtesy of the Pioneer Woman website

     3)  Candy Cane Green Tea is back at Trader Joe’s.  I hoard this stuff in my desk at work and I’m looking forward to replenishing my stockpile over the weekend.  It is just SO good!  

      4) These pants are on their way to me and should arrive tomorrow!  Originally I had ordered a different pair but when they arrived I realized that even in regular length, they were far too long.  The best part though, is that I had been eyeballing these pants for months and when it came time for my exchange, they were on super sale.  Bonus!

 5)  Now that fire season has ended Aaron has Saturday’s off!  I never know how long it’s going to last but aside from the time we both took off for the wedding; we haven’t had a weekend day off together in almost a year.  We don’t have any specific plans but since we’re hosting Thanksgiving next week I’m sure we’ll start a house project of some sort.  It just wouldn’t be us if we didn’t.  Last year we had our new kitchen counters installed the week of Thanksgiving and were painting the cabinets the night before.  Just last week Aaron was talking about putting in a new light fixture over the dinning room table.  You know, the usual pre-holiday hosting kind of projects I’m sure everyone does. Right?

This weekend I have a six mile run on my half marathon training schedule.  I hope to get it in tonight (while watching episodes of BBC's Sherlock Holmes) so I can have Saturday open for whatever adventures the best half and I decide to embark on.  The rest of my weekend will likely be spent prepping for Thanksgiving rounded off by dinner on Sunday with some of our other wonderful friends.  Happy Friday!

And just because this post is a bit lacking in photos (fail).