'Tis The Season... II

Can you really get into the holiday spirit when it's 75° F out, you're dressed in shorts and a tank, and there's not a cloud in the sky? Isn't is supposed to be cold and snowy, so you can get all bundled up in woolly hats and scarves, and drink hot chocolate in front of a roaring fire?

It's all a little weird!

Anyway, we picked up this year's Christmas Tree (dressed in gym clothes). Got it home. Let is settle. Tried to make Bentley understand that it wasn't a new plaything. And then trimmed the bugger!

My theme is cartoon characters, with purple and silver accent colors... very cutesy, I know!

Having trimmed the tree however, it still feels somewhat incomplete and unfinished. One problem is that most of my (primarily Hallmark) ornaments are small, so it takes an awful lot of them to fill up a 7 foot tree. I've been collecting for years, and it still feels like I don't have enough!

I've just bought a bucket full of "sparkly" silver pinecones and some silver and purple ribbon (which I always swore I'd never buy - but it was part of the K-Mart's Martha Stewart Everyday Collection, so how could I resist?) to add those finishing touches. When finally combined with my homemade tree-topping Miss Piggy fairy I'm hoping for a truly magnificantly decorated tree!!!