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The quest for a silver ribbon

Jenn — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:36:53 +0000

With the day that Dan will haul home a Christmas tree and we’ll proceed to decorate it being just two days away, it suddenly dawned on me that I should probably find a silver tree skirt and silver tree topper to match this year’s color scheme. I’m not too picky about the tree skirt, but I had something very specific in mind for a tree topper: a poofy silver bow with cascading tails that cascade down the length of the tree. Apparently this type of ribbon must be a figment of my imagination, because it took me four stores to come up with a bow that semi-resembled the bow in my mind, and I had to buy a spool of silver holiday ribbon in order to be able to create that full-length cascading effect.

Ugh. I was going to continue this blog entry, but it’s 11:36pm, and I feel like I can barely keep my eyes open… Zzz…

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Jenn — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:21:58 +0000

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The great Christmas tree debate

Jenn — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:18:10 +0000

Every year we go through a debate on what colors we’ll use for the Christmas tree. Dan and I have been together for nine years, but we didn’t bother to decorate for Christmas until we had an actual small house to live in, as opposed to an efficiency apartment. That year (2004) and the following two years we just used the general collection of Christmas tree ornaments we had amassed from my mother, the dollar store and Walmart.

Two years ago we decided to be a little more specific with colors and styles, and settled on red and gold:

Last year I decided to finally have a gorgeous girly themed tree, and with Dan’s consent (or resignation, depending on how you look at it), decorated our tree in pink, purple and gold:

This year we’re going for blue (royal blue, turquoise) and silver. We had some silver ornaments already, and after Christmas last year I picked up a bunch of blue themed ornaments when Target and K-Mart reduced them by 50% and 75%. I just need to pick up a silver tree skirt and tree topper (Target didn’t have anything, so I’m going to try my luck at K-Mart), and we’ll be good to go. We plan on decorating this weekend.

P.S. I’m participating in NaBloPoMo for the month of December, since I missed the boat in November. Wish me luck!

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