Tuesday, December 22, 2009

best Christmas tree ever

so my 'humbug' from the last post is retracted... we got the best Christmas tree ever! and i got it from fresh & easy!

let me explain --

last night, i decided to 'get over it' and call every f&e in town to find the darn Christmas tree.... i had my heart set on it and so did the girls. so after calling every one in the area, one -- ONE! -- turned up... but that's all i needed was one! it was in the arcadia store being used as a display. the guy on the phone said it was a little dry so he'd sell it to me for $5... cool! even better than $15 and easier on my pocketbook!

the kids and i go to get it on this rainy night and yes, it is there. i tell the woman managing the check out that i want to buy it. she says, "are you sure? it's REALLY dry." i say, "i called every f&e store in the area. this is the very last one and i want it. i promised my kids!"

she and her co-worker take it down from display and prep it for us. she makes a 'today's special' price tag for it, and guess what? she charged us $.75! that's right -- 75 cents! woo hoo! this is getting better by the moment.

it definitely had that Charlie Brown quality to it...


[another of Brian's favorite holiday traditions, A Charlie Brown Christmas] -- so we put it gingerly in the car so the needles wouldn't fall off and sped home to give it some water and decorate it.

here is our final creation:

we made our own decorations -- red, white and green paper chain and white paper snowflakes -- and got an inexpensive string of lights from CVS and placed the tree right in the front window of our home.... so beautiful!

and my dad even wanted to keep the blinds open at night [which he never does] as to show off our creation to the neighborhood :).

memories and continued traditions are a joy in this Life After.

Merry Christmas!

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