Five for Friday

Hello and welcome to my Five for Friday! I am Linking up with Bright on a Budget, Della Devoted, BYBMG and Andrea!

1. Last Sunday we went to Christmas Town at Busch Gardens! They had a deal for purchasing early tickets so we decided to go. This was our first time attending and I'm sure it won't be our last! The amusement park is decorated in over 10 million lights! Since it's early in the Christmas season there weren't too many people at the park which made it really nice. A lot of the rides were still open (if it's under 40° they will shut down the roller coasters, but it was just above 40° so my sister was able to ride on several of their roller coasters which she really enjoyed!)

The park itself was so pretty. We arrived just after it opened at 2pm, and stayed until almost 8. We walked so much! It was nice to see the park in the daylight, but then we walked back through it again after it got dark so we could really see all the lights. I have quite a few more pictures I'll be sharing in an upcoming post!

2. It's been a busy week around here! I try to do Thanksgiving shopping early because I hate going the week of Thanksgiving since it's always so crazy busy. That meant I had to go to practically every store in our area because I needed a few things from each place. So I had to stop by Costco, Trader Joe's, Whole Foods, Wegman's, and Kroger! I'll just have to pick up some fruit next week, but otherwise we're ready for Thanksgiving!

3. While I was at Trader Joe's I picked up this advent calendar. Generally when I find advent calendars I'll look at what's inside and it's usually stuff I won't use, but I was surprised that all of the items inside were things I would actually use! 

Do you buy an advent calendar for yourself?

4.  My mom buys us Hallmark ornaments every year and this is the one I picked out! I've been getting the little penguins for quite a few years now. They're pretty cute!

 5. We went out to Fort Monroe yesterday to go for a walk, and as we pulled into the parking lot my sister goes, "Is that a submarine?" I looked up and sure enough there was a submarine passing by! We hurried up to the pathway along the water and got to see a submarine pass by! It was headed toward the naval station.

Hope you have a great weekend!