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101 Things To Be Thankful For

You may or may not want to say these things in front of your family.

Katie Stroble
Nov 23, 2015
Providence College
101 Things To Be Thankful For

With the holiday season upon us, Thanksgiving asks us to bare in mind the things for which we are the most thankful in our lives. So here’s a list of things that you may (or may not) want to say that you are thankful for in front of your family but are still things that you are whole-heartedly thankful for nonetheless.

1. Family (even though they might annoy you sometimes)

2. Puns

3. Friends (especially the ones who laugh at your jokes when they’re not that funny)

4. Puppies

5. "Uptown Funk" by Bruno Mars

6. Cute babies

7. Birthday cake

8. Reruns of "Friends"

9. Dad jokes

10. Mimosas

11. The option to screenshot on Snapchat

12. One Direction (their music, their beauty, just them in general)

13. Home cooked meals

14. Coffee

15. Free samples of things

16. Comfy sweaters

17. Clever instagram captions

18. The feeling of freshly shaved legs

19. Fuzzy socks

20. Random acts of kindness

21. Netflix

22. Mashed potatoes

23. Roommates who clean up after themselves

24. Fresh baked cookies

25. Best friends who are there for you no matter what

26. Men in suits

27. The fact that coloring books for adults are a thing now

28. Portable cell phone chargers

29. Wine

30. Ice cream

31. Good hair days

32. Darties

33. Cheap alcohol

34. Chipotle

35. Pizza deliveries at 2 a.m.

36. Short lines at Dunkin Donuts

37. Instagram accounts devoted entirely to puppies

38. Nice perfume

39. Spell-check

40. Pumpkin everything

41. Sleeping in a freshly made bed

42. Indoor plumbing

43. The “EW!” videos with Jimmy Fallon

44. Mugs of tea

45. Free bread baskets at restaurants

46. Candles that smell like cookies or warm vanilla sugar

47. Inside jokes (the dumber they are, the better)

48. Beautiful sunrises

49. And splendid sunsets

50. When someone’s laugh is funnier than the joke they’re telling

51. The smell of freshly mowed grass

52. Hot showers

53. The accomplished feeling you get when you finish a paper you worked really hard on

54. Peanut butter

55. A comfy pair of leggings

56. Being able to back-stalk your friends well into their awkward phase on Facebook

57. Clean laundry

58. Spotify

59. Pay day

60. Instant oatmeal

61. House parties with a short bathroom line

62. Snow days

63. Chocolate

64. Random “thinking of you” texts

65. Deodorant

66. GPS

67. Online shopping

68. Movie nights

69. Bars with no cover charges

70. Sparknotes

71. The power of a good inspirational quote

72. Being able to Google something if you don’t know the answer

73. Growing out of your awkward phase

74. Taylor Swift’s music and general existence

75. English/Australian accents

76. Buzzfeed

77. Things that are ‘buy one get one free’

78. Microwavable meals

79. Uber/Lyft

80. Beach days

81. Comfy going out heels

82. Bagels

83. Having a fire pre-game playlist

84. Beer

85. Leaves that crunch when you step on them

86. That refreshed feeling you get after a yoga class

87. A book so good that you can’t put it down

88. Chocolate milk

89. Men in uniform

90. Pie (all kinds)

91. Lame dance moves

92. Concerts

93. Dark chocolate

94. Pizza

95. Chapstick

96. The snooze button

97. Campfires

98. Naps

99. And s’mores

100. A really good hug

101. Being able to make a list of all the things you’re thankful for

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