Christmas Trees

Even though it's still November, the countdown to Christmas has begun. Since Cory and I have graduated from apartment living to house living, we decided it was time to buy our first real Christmas tree.

We stopped off at our neighborhood Lowes to get some hardware for our shelving project, and we walked through the garden center just to check prices of trees (see photo below for pricing, as I'm sure all Lowes have the same). Since the prices were so low, we picked ourselves up a $24.98, 6-7' Douglas Fir (The most common/popular Christmas Tree according to the guy that helped us out). The guys there trim the trunk, wrap it, load it, and tie it down on your car for free. Since we had the truck, we just loaded the tree in along with our wreath ($12).

My only complaint about Lowes is that they didn't carry the "tree food" or tree preservative. We had to make a stop at Hastings to pick up the stuff. Hastings also had some beautiful trees, but they were much more $$$ starting at $50 for what looked like a 5' to $100 for a 8'. Even though they were nice and lush, I just have a hard time spending that much money for a christmas tree.  And if your looking for even more selection, the Big John's Trees is set up in the parking lot of the vacant Wilson & Sons Antiques shopping center. 

We thoroughly enjoyed putting up our tree yesterday and decorating the house. Now every time we walk in the door all you smell is Christmas! Hope you all enjoyed Thanksgiving, and we hope you enjoy the upcoming holidays!