Which one of you has never overdone it on Thanksgiving? While I am far more careful about it these days, to avoid misery, I have indeed gone a little crazy in the past. It’s a common problem when there is so much delicious food around, especially when most of the items being served are offered but once or twice each year.
For all those who indulged beyond the intended amount this year, don’t feel bad. Most of us have been there, probably more than once, and probably will be again.
There are ways to tell if you have overdone it, including but not limited to the following:
10. You ate so much pie that you’re starting to look like a pumpkin.
9. When you reach for leftovers the next day, someone asks, “Are you sure you don’t want whipped cream with that?”
8. When you try to get up off the sofa, and the kids ask what’s wrong, you have to admit that it wasn’t you groaning; it was the couch springs.
7. The jeans you wore Wednesday seem to have shrunk… a lot.
6. You didn’t know there was such a thing as a food hangover, but you think you have one.
5. You notice family members guarding their food when you enter the kitchen.
4. The shirt you wore for Thanksgiving has so many stains on it, you’re not really sure what all of them are.
3. The leftovers are all gone, but you swear you still smell gravy. You’re afraid it might be coming through your pores.
2. There isn’t enough Alka Seltzer in the world to cure your indigestion… two days later.
And, last but not least:
1. As you’re swearing to never, ever do this to yourself again, you notice your child eating something, and exclaim, “I didn’t know there was still a piece of pie; split that with me!”
*I hope you enjoyed the list, and I hope you and yours had a wonderful Thanksgiving.
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