Christmas Tree

We finally have a tree up!! We pulled out the Christmas decorations on Sunday evening and attempted to put them up, but Morgan and I debated on a tree. Real or Fake? We have had a fake tree since we've been married (with the exception of the one year, I was having a crisis, I staples ribbon to wall in the shape of a tree, still fake but weird)! I hate taking an hour or two to fluff the fake branches on the tree; so we discussed a real tree. We haven't heard good reviews about having real Christmas trees in Texas, I guess they just don't fare well. We saw an ad at the local nursery last week for small potted Christmas trees and we decided this could be fun. We'll decorate a real tree then plant it in the yard. We headed to the Nursery the other night and weren't impressed with the potted trees and they were pricey! So we browsed the selection of cut trees. They had some very gorgeous trees; big and bigger, fluffy and priced well into the hundred and thousands. For a tree! I was recalling my childhood when we'd go to the tree lot and they were priced $15-$20 in this corner and $30-$50 in the that corner! Morgan kindly reminded me that the trees were trucked in so obviously they'd be pricier plus we were at a nursery; a little different trees, quality and pricing than the local grocery store. We looked and looked again at all the trees, the kids were enjoying the spray on snow many of the trees had and Jocelyn begged to get a white tree, unfortunately we will never have that, my house would be a disaster. Being the bargain hunter I am I found the only tree in the nursery that had been discounted and at half price. It's perfect, not to big but not scrawny and I can get around it to string lights! I was even happier with the service we received; a nice stand(the tree was already in) and our tree was shook out, bagged and carried to the truck! So I am very happy to have a fluffy Douglas Fir, with soft needles, sitting in my living room!I really like our tree this year and it smells wonderful! Beckton and Jocelyn have really enjoyed decorating too, Beckton thought his sippy cups and juice boxes were great ornaments!