It’s Starting To Feel A Lot Like Solstice

Dec 4, 2010

I didn’t get the chance to blog about this because I’ve been busy with work and school but we put the tree up! I actually put it up the day after Thanksgiving as I figured it was in my best interest to be proactive about it instead of waiting until last minute and then not wanting to do it– and I am pleased with the results. Though honestly we actually had to take it down and put it back up again because it crooked and unstable but the final result is fab! I love my tree, I love the colors we settled on and just the overall feel of it. It’s funny because you’d think we’d spent so much money on decorations and such but we didn’t. We ALWAYS take advantage of the post-Christmas sales when it comes to decorations and wrapping paper, bows, etc so everything is very, very costly for us. Definitely recommend it to those who want to increase the amount of decorations they have and not to spend a ton on wrapping paper, bows, etc.

Anyway, I am pretty much finished with my Solstice shopping. I have one more present to get Robby which I will get him on Tuesday and then after that it’s just a waiting game for all the other gifts I got to come in. I still have to send a gift out to a close friend of mine and I’ll probably have Robby stop by the post office to do that on Monday or sometime next week and I also have to get a gift for my little sister, but I already know what it’s gonna be so I’m not too worried about that. I’m pretty ecstatic about everything that I got and everything I got others. It’s just a nice feeling to be able to do something for someone else. I guess I just like the feeling of gratitude I get when I give something to someone who doesn’t expect it. It’s great.

On another note I plan to attempt Gingerbread cookies this year again. Last year didn’t go so well and I think it’s because the recipe I had sucked. The recipe I’m using this year I pulled for FoodNetwork.com so I’m hoping that yields better results. If you have your own gingerbreakd cookie recipe that works well for you, please share it with me! I want to be able to successfully make gingerbread cookies without hiccups this year, wish me luck!

Anyway without further ado… here is our tree!