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My name is Steph, and I am a senior Marketing major with a Communication Studies minor. Since this is my last year at Butler, my main goal is to enjoy every moment that I have left, while doing as much as humanly possible. I am a marketing analyst at the Butler Business Accelerator, a Speakers Lab tutor, and a Butler blogger (obviously). I also am an Alpha Phi, the President of the Butler University Student Foundation, a member of Alpha Kappa Psi (a professional business fraternity), and a member of the Butler American Marketing Association. In the small amount of free time that I do have, I love crafting, watching large amounts of television, and enjoying my favorite comfort foods, like sweet tea.

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Posts Tagged “thanksgiving dinner”

Trying something new for Thanksgiving Break…

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Stephanie

I’m currently on Thanksgiving Break, and for the first time ever I am not following my usual break routine.  This includes the following things…in this order:

  1. Drive home
  2. Eat some great food
  3. Sleep
  4. Lay on the couch
  5. Watch every one of my TV shows on Hulu
  6. Sleep
  7. Watch every movie that is decent on TV
  8. Go out to dinner with my parents
  9. Hang out with my friends
  10. Sleep
  11. Wash clothes

This time around…instead of recuperating from school with this routine…I flew to New Mexico.  My sister, Natalie, and brother-in-law, John, moved here after they got married in July, so John’s brother and I flew out to spend Thanksgiving with them.  We’ve been having a great time seeing their new home and exploring a new part of the country…but I’m not going to lie…I miss being lazy.  I always use breaks to be as lazy as humanly possible and to watch move television than anyone in their right mind should.  But, I keep reminding myself that I didn’t fly halfway across the country to sleep and sit inside…so I need to make the most of my time here.  I’ll be posting more about all of our adventures, including hiking up a mountain and making our first Thanksgiving dinner on our own (help us, please!).  So check back soon for updates!

The view of the mountains from Albuquerque...

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So much classiness, so little time….

Posted on December 5, 2010 by Stephanie

Every year during Thanksgiving break, some of my best friends from home and I all get together for a little gathering.  We started it my senior year in high school, because while we were talking about our family get-together plans for Thanksgiving, we decided that since we have family Thanksgivings, we should have a friend Thanksgiving too.  Makes sense, right?  And since my friends and I love to be random, and we love to dress up, we decided to make it a classy Thanksgiving, with a dress code and all.  Thus, the Annual Classy Friends Thanksgiving was born.

This year was our 4th year for Classy Friends Thanksgiving, and I am sad to say….I almost forgot about it.  Prior to Thanksgiving I was super busy at school, and I would have completely forgotten if I did not get messages on my Facebook (thank you, Allyson) or if people didn’t ask my Mom about it when they saw her at the grocery store (thank you, Braden).  Luckily, we found a date that worked for almost everyone, we channeled our classy selves, and we gathered together to celebrate our friendship.  Now, you may be wondering about what kind of food we have at Classy Thanksgiving…..and you definitely should be…considering that we are all college students without much money….or cooking ability.  Originally we decided to use Classy Thanksgiving as a time to get rid of leftovers from Thanksgiving, which was a pretty successful idea.  Somehow we didn’t all show up with cheesy potatoes or green bean casserole, and it was always delicious.  But this year, we decided to switch it up, and we decided to all make appetizers.  I love appetizers…so much….mostly because of my Dad’s Bacon Wrapped Water Chestnuts.  MMMM.

Since you can’t really get the full effect of how legit Classy Friends Thanksgiving is without truly being there….here are some photos from over the years…to show you how classy we are.

For the first celebration, Tyler brought sparkling grape juice. You know, to up the classiness factor. So, we decided that it needed to be chilled, and since we couldn't find an ice bucket...we made due.

The following year, Classy Thanksgiving landed on my dear friend Taryn's birthday. So, we decided to celebrate, but since we only had pie, we let her blow out just a candle.

This is the traditional piano photo that we get each year...from last year's Thanksgiving.

This year, since none of my family was home, we had to make due with only a camera timer...so this is our new traditional group photo. :)

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