Christmas Survey

I know that most people generally think that once Thanksgiving passes we are "officially" in the Christmas season, right? If that's true, why did one of the local radio stations switch to an all-Christmas music format on November 14th? Yes...November 14th. I love music, and I really love Christmas music. But even a die-hard Christmas music fan like me thinks that is too early!

Does anyone get up and line up at the stores at 4am the day after Thanksgiving? If so, I would love to know about it and what kind of great deals you got. The extent of my Black Friday shopping was a trip to Kohl's at about 7:30am because they had a purse I wanted marked down to 50% off. I went in, selected the one I wanted, then realized the line stretched all the way from the cash register to almost the back of the store! No thanks. I put it back, came back to the store around 11am, and got the same great deal. And only stood in line for about 5 minutes. I realize that this strategy will not work if you're hoping to get an $800 laptop for $350, or a 52 inch TV, etc.

What about putting up the tree? For the past several years (since Audrey) we have put ours up during Thanksgiving weekend. Since we've switched to an artificial tree , there are no worries with putting it up too early and having to worry about it drying out, etc.

Outside lights? Audrey really wants some outside lights so we're going to try and accomplish that this year. We did a few last year, but hopefully we'll be able to do something a little better. Don't worry - no "Christmas Vacation" stuff going on here.

Whatever you do, have fun. Don't let stress ruin your Christmas. Remember what it's really all about and enjoy yourself.

Halloween Fun

I thought I should get a couple of Halloween pics up before it was time to post about Christmas! I'm always a little slow at this.

Audrey had fun this year as Minnie Mouse. She was able to enjoy wearing her costume three times - Trunk or Treat event at church, party at her pre-school and trick-or-treating downtown, and trick-or-treating at the mall on Halloween night. She was great as Minnie.

Also, hope everyone gets a good laugh out of me in this clown costume. I NEVER dress up for Halloween, but decided to this year because we were having a costume contest at work. I went all out and rented a costume and did I win??? No!!! So, this was the first and only year I will do such a thing.