Ready for Santa!

Instead of napping after our Thanksgiving dinner, Michael and I decided to venture out in search of the perfect Christmas tree.  Its been years since either of us have had a live tree and we were both really excited about getting one.  We decided that we wanted a Fraser Fir and after wandering around and looking at different trees, we found one.  $80 bucks later and a Griswold ride home (yes, the tree was roped to the roof of the Honda Accord), we unloaded our tree and started the decorating process!!

Before

I've decided we really need window treatments after seeing this photo.

After

See that angel on top?  It was my Grandma's. 

Please excuse the tree skirt not being centered.

This is our first "married" tree so we put a lot of thought into it.  We both had ornaments that were special to us that we wanted to use.  Michael is very much a traditionalist so we went with red, green, silver and white as far as colors and filler decorations.  We didn't buy too much because we want to add to it each year.  At first, I was dead set on a more modern tree (lime green and red) but eventually was swayed to see it Michael's way.  I'm really glad I listened too!  I think all in all, it turned out well.  

A couple of weeks ago Michael and I went to Hobby Lobby after dinner to look around and see if we were even going to have the same taste in Christmas decorations.  While we were there, I spotted these super cute Christmas trees for my mantle.  Michael turned his nose up at them but I had a plan!  I went back without him, bought 2 of them, and kept them in the trunk until it was time to do the mantle.  When I started decorating, I made him stay out of the living room until I was finished.  Of course, after I called him in and he saw it all put together, he really liked them.  I'm not a very good decorator but I think it turned out pretty well! 

See the trees?  Aren't they cute?

I'd say we are ready for Santa!  What do you think? 

Merry Christmas y'all!!