Deck the Halls

As soon as Thanksgiving was done and passed, I was more than ready to set up for Christmas. Mark on the other hand couldn't get past the fact that it was still only the 24th of November. My argument: I'm leaving a week early for my trip to the east coast, so I need to get it out now so I can truly enjoy my decorations! (Even though the huge Christmas tree I will hopefully see in Rockefeller Plaza will make up for that!) Well since I'm the wife, and let's face it, Mark's a sucker and gives in to my demands more than he should I'll admit, he let me pull out the decorations.

Last year I bought a lot of these decorations post-Christmas season on huge discount/got them as gifts. So it it was sort of like Christmas opening up my few wrapped treasures and remember what I had.

I also invested post Christmas in my first "house" last year the day after Christmas. (Yes I'm one of those girls who will eventually have an expansive collection.) This year I sort of did the reverse. We were at Kohls one night (no surprise there) in September when they were having a 50% off sale and I also had a 30%off as well. So even though Mark wanted to walk out the door without me, I purchased a train to go along with my little Christmas house. I still want to get some "snow" for it. Perhaps next year I'll look for some characters along with another house to make it more village-y.

2 weeks left until the end of the semester we are both getting excited for a 3 week break which includes traveling (more for me) to see family and enjoy some warmer weather for a few short days in southern California.