A Few Adventures from This Week

This past week started off busy in preparation to get caught up before Thanksgiving. I had a few clients to get portraits to and put last minute finishing touches on before I sent them out. I also picked up a few extra shifts at the hospital to earn some extra money for the biggest spending time of the year, AKA Christmas.

So on Tuesday, during my edits, I skipped out of the house to get a few errands done. I ran up to Fleet Feet to get our race packets for the Turkey Trot St. Louis and then I ran next door to Great Harvest Bread Co. to get a sandwich and a yummy loaf of bread.

Turkey Trot St. Louis:

This is our first year doing a Thanksgiving race. I have always wanted to do one, but I was either working or too tired to get myself outta bed to go to the race. I also didn’t plan ahead enough to register for the race. This year was different, this year My Wife and I decided that it would be fun to do a Thanksgiving race. We are going to take it easy and walk the whole thing but I’m still excited to be out there none-the-less.

I’m not sure if the race has ever been in St. Charles, but this year it is and I’m glad because its alot closer to home. Due to all the unrest in Ferguson, the Thanksgiving festivities in downtown St. Louis have been postponed. You can read about it here: St. Louis Thanksgiving Day parade is postponed due to Ferguson unrest : News. The fact that things have gotten this out of hand is ridiculous, but I digress. In years past, I haven’t wanted to drive to downtown for a morning race, but it being in St. Charles makes things alot easier. I’ve read that Thanksgiving is the busiest race day of the year. It makes sense because its a great way to start the day in preparation for all the food you will be consuming that day. This was one of the main reasons that My Wife and I are doing this race. I have to say, I’m rather excited about it.

One of the errands that I made yesterday was to pick up mine and My Wife’s swag for the race. She got a shirt and I got a stocking cap or as they call it a beanie. I’ll write more about the race after we’ve completed it.

After picking up our race packets from Fleet Feet, I walked adjacent to Great Harvest Bread Co. for a sandwich and picked up a loaf of bread. Great Harvest Bread Co. has been around a while but it has grown in popularity over the past few years. When I went in there, it was packed. The space that they have isn’t really large, but it has a few tables to eat at and racks of bread for sale along with locally made chips and soup mixes. They basically have a lot of homemade-type foods and of course breads, as the name suggests. Their sandwiches are made on their homemade breads, I usually get the Farmhand, which is a little bit of everything meat, cheese, etc. They have samples of their breads so you can try before you buy. I picked up a bread called Stuffing Bread. Think Thanksgiving stuffing made into bread loaf. YUM! And they make a bread loaf into a turkey just for fun! I think you take the top of the turkey off and put dip in the center of the feathers and then dip the bread in the dip kinda like rye and dill dip (my mom makes it for parties.)

Thanks for reading and have a happy and safe Thanksgiving!