She demands, He demos

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.