Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving to all our American readers and fellow Bloggers! Of all the American traditions that we've adopted in the UK, I wish we could make a bigger deal of Thanksgiving, it isn't celebrated at all, but it's such a wonderful holiday. Perhaps not surprisingly, we managed to pick up Black Friday!

Our friend Drew at Drew's Movie Reviews invited us all to tell him why we are thankful for our blog, and for being a blogger, which really got me thinking, and then poor Drew had to deal with the mini-essay response I emailed him. Sorry Drew! The words I sent to him are below, but I urge you all to read his master post here with responses from 8 other bloggers, it was such a heart warming post to read.

Movies have always been a big part of my life. I was brought up on Disney, which I still hold close to my heart. As I got older, I went through some rough times and movies were my escape. Any movie I’ve watched more than a handful of times, I have memories attached to, both good and bad. I also love to talk about them, but before I started blogging most conversations would go something like:

Me: Oh hey, I watched a brilliant movie over the weekend called ‘—————-’, have you seen it?

Other Person: Nah, it looks rubbish/Yeah it was okay/Why are you watching that when you should be watching ‘—————’ instead?

Eventually, I kept myself to myself. When I met Jenna, my blogging buddy at work, I found we shared a common interest, movies! Not only movies, but talking about movies! My life was changed forever. We shared DVDs, had movie nights together, wrote emails back and forth with little reviews, and my love for all things cinematic was rekindled.

It was only a matter of time before we started a blog called Flick Chicks together. To begin with, we were talking to ourselves, but eventually we found our way into the movie blogosphere by taking part in a blogathon, and got chatting to other bloggers. From there, our little network grew and grew, and every day I get excited to check if there are any new comments on the blog. I’m so thankful for everyone who stops by and takes the time to comment on something I’ve written.

Writing has always been therapeutic for me, and although I haven’t studied film, or even writing or journalism, I love the fact that I can put my thoughts down into words, share it online, and have other bloggers interact with me. We aren’t a snobby scene in the slightest, and I’m thankful for the fact I can be truthful and honest about how I feel about a movie, without being belittled for it. Whether I loved a movie that bombed at the box office, or hated a classic, I can share my thoughts without fear and a lot of times, be surprised that there are others out there who feel the same.

I’m thankful for everything that blogging has brought me. I talk about a lot of you fellow bloggers all the time, and consider you to be my friends. I’m thankful for the comments, and the Twitter mentions, that cheer me up when I’m feeling blue. And I’m thankful to you all for widening my movie horizons. For recommending hidden indie gems that I’d never heard of, and for convincing me to see classics that I thought would be dull. Thank you!

So, I hope you're all enjoying a fantastic day, and stay safe out there tomorrow if you go bargain hunting. Myself, I'll be cooking my specialty spaghetti bolognese and spending the night with my husband, playing computer games together, with our cats inevitably sitting on our keyboards. I wouldn't have it any other way!