And to think, we almost didn't have any tree this year!
We finally succumbed to an artificial tree. For the last two years, we used to pick a real one from the quaint pop-up tree stand down the street, but with real trees come hard-to-clean sticky sap, a pine needle carpet, dog throwing up said needles, and major drama hauling it down two flights of stairs post-season. And since we were going to be away quite a bit this winter, I reluctantly said we could get an artificial tree, but after the holidays, when we'd surely find better savings.
Luckily for me, I have a hubby who wouldn't let me give in to my silly rationale. He took me to Kmart where we scored a surprisingly real-looking, 6-foot Washington Pine on sale for $49!! For that price, I can buy a whole LOT of pine-scented candles!
The rest of the long weekend seemed to center around holiday decorating, including an impromptu trip to Christkindl German Market on the opening weekend, as is our tradition each to year to acquire a special ornament for our collection. The upside: it was 33 degrees, by far the "warmest" Christkindl we've attended thus far. The downside: we arrived just before closing time so we had to race around for our perfect ornament and missed out on Gluhwein and sausage :(
I forgot to say what I'm thankful for... a hubby who gets things done, whether it's cleaning the house top-to-bottom hours before hosting a big Thanksgiving dinner, finding ways to save money, or spurring us on to go get a tree just because I love it so! Thanks, Fella!
Three cheers for the Fella! :)
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