Resolutions and Commitment : Kinda Full, Lots of Sap!

Got my Christmas tree this past Sunday night and boy what an adventure it turned out to be. This is only my second real Christmas tree, the first my roommates got when I was in Tampa. Growing up we always had a fake one which is much easier to manage but does NOT make your place smell like Christmas! First stop was Save Mart which had 6-7' trees for only $20. We drove down in my spacious Ford Focus and immediately on the lot I saw the tree that I wanted...it spoke to me if you will. My friend picked out her tree and then we had the daunting task of figuring out how to bring two 6'7" trees back in my four-door sedan. Luckily for us Target was right next door so off we went for lights, rope, and some trashbags. My tree went on the roof and hers went in the trunk. Before we could shove it in the trunk though we had to tie it up and put a couple of trash bags on it.

Once the trees were all ties up and ready to go we went back to Target to find more decorations, a santa hat, tree stands, and a hot chocolate. Target though had other plans and all we walked out with the second time in was a hot chocolate...very disappointing Target!!! Where to next?? From Target we went to Walgreens, Home Depot (a stop we should have gone to initially!!!), and CVS. While Casey was collecting Christmas lights from each and every store in Monterey County I was getting frustrated that I could not find a Santa hat for my work Christmas party. At Home Depot though we were able to get a tree stand, some ornaments and of course some more lights...the people at Home Depot were beyond nice to us and let us come in after they had closed to get what we needed. With everything piled up in my car we finally headed back to get the trees set up.

My apartment isn't exactly the biggest apartment in the world so shoving the tree down the stairs, through the walkway, and into my front door into the living room was a bit of an adventure in itself. The tree was a bit tall and needed to be trimmed at the top and some branches off the trunk. Of course I didn't have any sheers so wire cutters were the next best thing and worked quite well. After wrestling with this beast and getting it set up in the tree stand the lights were ready to get put on.

I bought red, green and white lights; all separate and not the multi-colored strings to create a pattern more fit for a California lifestyle and not so cliche.