I cannot believe it's December 2. Mainly, this is because I now have license to full on finish my shopping, as well as to decorate my house in the red and green and silver and pine obnoxiousness that I have been envisioning since we moved in.
You see, this year, we have a fireplace. I now have matching stockings for our family (VERY critical) and I get to buy those cute silver thingees that sit on the mantel to hang the stockings from. (A nickel to anyone who knows their official name?) I see a festive trip to the Target Christmas crap aisle in my future.
I also now feel fully licensed to indulge my impulse to rush out and buy a tree this week. And to begin "gently urging" my husband to put up lights. (I actually got butterflies in my stomach last night contemplating this: we get to develop a NEW lighting scheme. What we did on Suffolk was always kinda, eh.)
Anyway, I'm thinking this isn't too early because I've seen trees through windows, lights on houses, wreaths on porches, all around my neighborhood and on our drive home from Warrensburg from Thanksgiving. Even though my husband thinks me, and they, are all nuts. I suspect his preference would be stringing lights up around the 22nd and having Santa help take them down on the 25th.
In addition, although I have about half my shopping done, this reminds me, GAH, I have about half left. Which seemed so manageable until I now factor in work getting busier the next couple weeks, including a 3 day biz trip (sigh: guess that stupid wood knocking doesn't work after all). And that my LeBaige family Christmas will be early on the 20th.
We may be in a recession, but my Capital One card will not know that as I work its little butt off next few weeks.
Aging is for the weak, and everyone else
2 months ago
2 comments:
i think they are called stocking hangers. he he :) you sooo owe me a nickel.
I say you are fully entitled to start. I feel way behind because we were gone last weekend and couldn't start THEN. We're day after Thanksgiving tree-getting people... or we were, before we started traveling for Thanksgiving. ALSO, we have one less week this year between the two holidays. ALSO, everyone on my my street already has lights up. ALSO, I am way behind you because John still needs a stocking.
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