O Christmas Tree

Our little cheap-o tree that we have had for about 5 years bit the dust last year. It had been leaning a little more to the left every year, and when I was taking it down the stand cracked. So we tossed it and wondered what we were going to do this year (real or fake?)....until I saw the day-after-Thanksgiving ads.

$129 tree at Home Depot - $49, Friday only. Limited Quantities

So I set the alarm for 5:30am but was woken instead by sick little Caleb at 4:30am. Got him settled by 5:30 and headed out at 5:45. Got to Home Depot at 6am (when they opened!) and still managed to be the 7th person to grab one of the 9 Christmas trees on sale! That's right, they only had NINE at that price.

Seth excitedly pulling ornaments out of the box.

Seth putting the first ornament of 2009 on the tree.