It's looking like Christmas in here!

I have a confession to make.  I. FRICKIN. LOVE. CHRISTMAS DECORATING!!!!  For every other holiday I am the Scrooge of decorating.  Even buying pumpkins is too much work most years, but Christmas....Oh how I love thee.  Right around the 1st of November I start bringing up putting up the Christmas tree about ever 5 seconds.  I usually wait until at least the weekend before or of Thanksgiving though, just so I don't look too crazy to the neighborhood.  And since we've had 1 day of 1 inch snow so far this year, it doesn't really look like Christmas outside, so my urges have been a little calmed...a little.

So, Thanksgiving night I climbed into the attic to get out our pre-lit tree...only to be reminded by Matt that I had made him throw it out last year because A) The pre-lit lights had stopped working (though the tree gave us 5 good years) and B) I had wanted to force Matt into being pro real tree this year.  But, since we're leaving for vacation right after New Years, it seemed kind of pointless to get a real tree for the first time when we could only enjoy it for a month.  So I dashed off to Walmart and picked up a new fake-pre-lit tree, which I plan to use for the next few years.  (Real trees also make me nervous with having a crazy tree climbing cat and little boy dog in the house).

And then Sunday after Thanksgiving I forced Matt to hang out with me while I decorated the tree with a psycho perma grin on my face.  I seriously love decorating our Christmas tree every year.  Matt isn't invited to help out, just sit and watch so I can meticulously place all the decorations in place.  Remember I mentioned psycho?  But I love it. :)

Last year I picked up all new ornaments, which are white, silver, and sparkly.  Normally I am not a sparkly person, but for Christmas I make an exception.  Here are a few of the unique ones (sorry for the blurry pics...when not using the flash, our camera is sometimes blurry):

Found at Pottery Barn two years ago.

A gift from Momma Deb the year we got married "Our First Christmas Together 2008"

I always heard it was good luck to have a bird ornament in your tree...

So I got two...This feller is new this year. (From Target)

A pizza ornament I got for Matt last year.

This beast is my favorite...I think because it reminds me of

living in Northern MN when I was younger.

And of course our pickle ornament which was a gift from Matt's parents :)

The rest of our indoor decor is pretty simple.  I always pick up a couple bags of Joann Fabrics cinnamon scented pine cones.  I put a huge bowl of them on our dining room table and also a smaller bowl by the front door.  They really make the house smell holiday-icious.

And here's the other indoor decor we have going on here:

Yeah, we get pretty crazy around here.

Here's the tree again...because I love it so.

Any other crazies that love Christmas sosososososos much?????  I know I can't be the only one.

~S~