Thanksgiving Break and Harry Potter!!!!!!

I can't believe that it's already the fourth day in my Thanksgiving vacation! As you know, this year we get the whole week off for Thanksgiving break, while normally, we would have to go to school today and yesterday. On Friday, my family and my sister's friend went to see the latest Harry Potter movie, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows Part 1. We came 45 minutes early to ensure our good seats. The show started at 5:45 PM, but my sister and I came straight from school. We stayed after for Green Group, which is the club at our school that does all the recycling. What with it being Thanksgiving break and the Harry Potter movie, there were only about six or seven people. It was also the week for collecting paper (we do it every other week), so that added even more time. I don't know if it was just the lack of people, but there seemed to be a ton more bottles to sort out and paper to collect than usual. It was strange. We were supposed to meet my mom at home, then pick up my sister's friend, but we ended up not having enough time, so we picked up my sister's friend (which we had never been to before, and hadn't had time to look up the address) and drove straight to the theater. We actually got there before my mom, brother and his friend. Let me tell you, the movie was well worth the wait and confusion! It was exciting and almost nothing was left out. Many of the sets were just as I had imagined them when I first read the book (which was when it was first released). And even though I knew when they were going to split the book into two films (I read the spoiler on the Internet), my dad didn't, and it kept him guessing. As my friend put it, I won't be complete until the second part comes out in six months! I can't wait!
On Saturday, we didn't really do anything exciting, but on Sunday, my sister, mom and I went out to see the DIA (Detroit Institute of Art). We had tickets to see this new exhibit about Forgeries and how the museum catches them, which was pretty interesting. It explained the difference between a copy, in the style of (both not meant to deceive), and a forgery (which is meant to deceive). Let's just say that some were better forgeries than others. After that, we walked around and viewed the permanent exhibits. There was a ton of stuff that we didn't have the time to see, but we did see the European art, Impressionism, Modern art, African American art, and the Diego Rivera mural, which is my favorite. I must have been a guard/docent magnet, because was told twice that I wasn't allowed to take picture. Apparently, you can't take pictures on temporary exhibits (although they were all fakes... I mean, really!) or pictures in the permanent exhibits that are on loan to the museum. After my first telling off, I didn't know that I could take pictures of the permanent exhibits (at least what the museum owns, but I didn't know that either, at the time), so I would sneakily take pictures of the ones I liked, making sure that there were no guards around. By the end of our visit, my feet hurt! Even with some unpleasant experiences, I still enjoyed viewing all the art (especially the Impressionists). After we left the museum, we went to this crepe restaurant called Good Girls Go to Paris Crepes. At first, we couldn't find it because the address we had wasn't totally accurate, but once we were there, it was nice. I got the "Liz", which has nutella, blueberries, and strawberries. Yum!
After the excitement of Sunday, Monday was relatively boring. My sister invited a friend over, so that they could work on some AP chem take home test, which they work on for several hours. After she left (and my sister went to work), my parents and I went to the mall. Apparently, they wanted to buy two more place settings from Williams-Sonoma, but I still ended up getting a pair of jeans from Gap. Score! We arrived at home just as my sister was pulling in the driveway. She was none too happy that we went to the mall without her. In the evening, we watched a bunch of episodes of Glee (from the first season) while eating dinner. So, now you are officially caught up until today. This morning, my mom woke us up at around 11 AM. I don't think that I've ever slept that late. Maybe once when I was up until the wee hours of the morning, but I don't remember it. The plan was to go to Ann Arbor to buy some groceries from Whole Foods, drop off our recycling, and get some stuff from Zingerman's, and get back before my sister had to go to work at 3 PM. It didn't really work out that way. All we accomplished in that span of time was shopping at a vintage store called The Getup (which I had weaseled into the plans) and Urban Outfitters (which was right next to the vintage clothing store) and going to Zingerman's (which my parents did while my sister and I were at the vintage store). I ended up getting two vintage dresses from the 50's, a blue and white polka-doted skirt from the 60's and a pair of cat-eyed sun glasses. Although some people without refined tastes (Ahem! my sister and brother) think vintage clothing is weird, I enjoy wearing it. I was quite happy with my finds, and the people at the store were very nice. Once we were able to drag ourselves out of Ann Arbor to get my sister to work, albeit late, my parents dropped me off at home, and went back out to do the grocery shopping and drop off the recycling, which they are still doing. As far as tomorrow and Thanksgiving goes, I'll explain our tradition after the fact, as to not extend this post any longer. Happy almost-Thanksgiving!!!