Veteran’s Day

It’s Veteran’s Day and I got the day off work. We’ve gotten this holiday a couple years now and it’s kind of nice. And this year, it’s been kind of nice to have the day off in the middle of the week, although I have to remind myself that I have to work tomorrow. Yesterday, I donated some money to a local charity that helps vets find housing and takes care of homeless vets in my area.

And today, I started my Christmas shopping. This might be the earliest I’ve ever started. I’m helping buy gifts for a local family through the same charity I helped last year. The lady contacted me this year and asked if I was interested in helping and I decided I was. So I have so far purchased some clothes and books for the 2 girls. Plus started on the gifts for the twins. 

And I knocked 2 more indie bookstores off my list today. I actually went to 3 bookstores total, but knew I needed to buy new books for the gifts so I went to Barnes & Noble for those. I also picked up a book for the mom of the family. 

Marissa’s Bookstore was completely new to me and I loved it and will absolutely be going back. The store is set up so fun and they have books all over the place. Plus, they had a nice selection of old sci-fi and fantasy. I would love to go back there when I know which ones I already own. :) And I stopped at Central Book Exchange because it’s on my list and I haven’t been in there for a few years. I bought 2 books at both of those stores and I feel pretty good about supporting them today.

Now I’m in for the day and just trying to organize a few things and then I think I might alternate some cleaning and reading. It was a beautiful, sunny day and I’ve very much enjoyed the time off work.