Costco is on my shitlist!!!

I am in a holiday funk and I don't like it! All thanks to the one place that I can't stay away from...(besides Target and Dollar Tree) COSTCO! It has to do with our Christmas tree. We decided to do the fake tree thing last year, Nic hates the hassle of dealing with real trees (wussy) and we figured that with Brett in the picture, a fake tree might not be a bad way to go for a few years;at least until we are out of the put-everything-in-your-mouth stage. We found a beautiful tree at Costco last year, pre-lit with white lights. We bought it and enjoyed it last year. Present day-we put it up this morning and the top portion of the tree wouldn't light up. After some digging around, Nic discovered that one of the lights had melted and the string of lights no longer worked! No problem I say, they still have them at Costco, and since Costco has a kick-ass return policy, there should be no problem, right? WRONG! We haul the tree back to SR Costco, return the tree, no problem there. They give us a cash card for the amount of 162 dollars;what the tree rang up as since we didn't have the receipt. Ok, so we head off to find our tree. The problem comes from the fact that they don't have the tree we want. They have the freakin 9 foot tree, which wouldn't even fit through our door! So, we head down to the RP target, thinking they might have the 7.5 foot one(the one we need!). We get down there, don't see it there either and decide to talk to Member Services. Apparently the 7.5 foot tree no longer exists. It comes with colored lights in a 7.5 feet and white lights in 9 feet. I DON"T WANT COLORED LIGHTS! Why, Why, Why would they stop carrying this? An average house has 8 feet ceilings, so the smaller tree is perfect. Luckily, Coscto cashed out our store credit and gave us the 168 cash, so we had some $$ to go look for a tree. Home Depot-crap, Wal-Mart-even crapier! We finally went to Lowes since we saw their flier and they advertised one for 148$-it looked decent enough(it wasn't no Costco one, that's for sure!) I decided that I GUESS I could live with it. They rang it up and waht do you know? It's on clearance(yeah, you heard me right) for 78 buckarros. So, I am feeling a tad bit better-more $$ for decorations. I am still majorly peeved at Coscto-I LOVED that tree. It looked SOOOOO real! But, now we have a new tree. I'll post pics soon. BTW-how crazy is it to have clearance on all X-mas items the first week in Dec?

Cute X-mas Gift!!!!

Everyone needs a cute notepad, right?
I found this cute idea online....no idea where, so please let me know if it was you!!! These are great little, dirt cheap (always a bonus) gifts that would be perfect for just about anyone! All it takes to make one is a 5x7 plastic frame(the kind that stands), some cute paper, some post-it notes and your favorite photo. Cut paper to fit into the frame, glue picture onto your paper. Then, insert it into the frame, so that the stand in the back of the frame is at the top where your post-its will go! Pop on the post-it notes and your ready to go! These would be super cute with those flower pens that you can make!!! Hope you like....

Vintage Brett

I took these pictures the other day of Brett. The outfit he has on is Nic's old outfit-my sister says it "very vintage". I guess it is. I love me some chuuby little legs! I need to find a pic of Nic wearing it!

I wasn't kidding!

Remember when I said that Thanksgiving wasn't my favorite holiday? I really don't have much to decorate the house, so therefore I am not a big Thanksgiving person. The food doesn't impress me all that much. I will say, however, that my wonderful husband made an "early" Thanksgiving dinner last week and it was delish. He made the turkey, mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie all by his lonely self....Brett and I were shopping. So, when we got home, all I had to do was throw together some stuffing and a broccoli dish and we were set!!!! I am very proud of him-how many guys would even WANT to attempt to make a pie? That's what I thought. My parents and sister and some friends came over for round 1 of the Thanksgiving dinners that we will be eating this holiday. I did come up with a cute centerpiece of our "dinner". It looks really neat when the candle is lit. I just took a few fake leaves and glued them together and then taped it to one of my hurricane vases ( I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE hurricane vases/holders!!!!)

Two AWSOME websites!!

I have discovered two crazy websites/blogs. The first one is right up my ally!!! If you know me at all, then you will know that the Dollar Tree is a weekly stop for me...sometimes more! How cool is this site? http://dollarstorecrafts.com (Yes, I realize that some of it is crap, but it's still cool!)

Second, there is this crazy-fun site called Wordle....I can spend hours on here creating stuff!!! Check it out! http://www.wordle.net/

Click here to see my holiday wordle

The Holidays Are Approaching!!!!!

I LOVE this website-great ideas for everything. Check it out...they are doing a bunch of giveaways!!! Be sure to check out the fabulous holiday gift-guide. All of these women(moms) create fantastic products! Please check them out. I have found so many great gift ideas!!!

2008 Holiday Mom-preneur Shop-a-thon!



This is a great site for some stocking stuffers for kids and general decoration ideas!! She has great giveaways as well!!! I always check her site out daily!

Bye Bye Halloween, Hello Holidays!

I took down the Halloween decor yesterday....I'm sad. I am "trying" to save $$$ and do a cheap-ish Thanksgiving decor so that I can really enjoy Christmas decorations. I will post what I have done for Thanksgiving when I finish. So, I heard yesterday that Starbucks has started THE red cups! It must be the holidays!!! I don't know why I get so excited over a stupid cup. Something about it totally gets me in the holiday mood. Maybe it's the cup and the drink that is inside it-A FF peppermint mocha. Yum!!! I am sitting here drinking one that I concocted at home to satisfy me for now-1 pack of SF hot choc, 1 spoonful of instant coffee, 1 spoonful of Ovaltine (makes it nice and rich), and a TBSP of Coffeemate's Peppermint creamer. I have to say, it's not bad for a knock-off!!! Here are some Halloween night pics ( I was a doctor)Enjoy!