Rest Ye Merry Gentlewomen

My favorite comment from a male customer at work yesterday:

"Wow. It's crazy in here. I'm glad that I am doing this early. I'll totally be done before Saturday so I won't have to be here during the craziness."

Mind you, this comment came after he had just stood in a line of about 20 customers that was wrapping around the store. I hid my smile and commended him on his early shopping endeavors.

Anyway, things are good, but I am totally exhausted. I have about 42 hours of work this week, which is great, but also tiring. It's just because some of those shifts are from 5pm-12am and the whole shift is on your feet standing. No rests (except one 30 minute break to run to the food court and grab food, chowing down on the way back to the store). By today, my feet feel like they would after about 3 days walking around Disneyland (remember, Jen?). Anyway, that's pretty much what's going on here. I hope you all are doing well and getting ready for the holiday. Hopefully you get time to rest. Love you!

The Big 26!

I haven't been home all day, but before I go to bed I wanted to wish Sarah a Happy Birthday! I can't wait to see you next week!

Tis' the Season

Since I'm slightly obsessed with Christmas, not last on my to-do list for the month was getting up a Christmas tree and decorating our house. I even put it on my calendar just in case I forgot. Last Saturday Nigel and I went to buy a REAL Christmas tree--let's just say that the real took a bit of convincing. Nigel has always had fake; I've always had real. This has been a debate for the entire month of November. Me: They're prettier. Nigel: They're not environmentally friendly. You're killing them. Me: They smell good. Nigel: All you have to do is take it out of the box. Me: They're prettier. (Note how all of my answers have an aesthetic bent to them.) In the end, I won: I think the part where I explained that he had to use a handsaw to level off the bottom of the tree was the clincher, though, nothing about pretty. So we have a live Christmas tree. We strapped it to the top of our little car, prayed it wouldn't fall off, let it defrost in our garage, sawed off the bottom portion and branches, and put it up. I love it. I even made little bow ornaments out of ribbon since our budget doesn't quite allow for funky ornaments from chic stores. However, it has lights, little glass ornaments, and ribbons. And little old Martha-me used the extra boughs to decorate the house. Wow. I guess this means I'm officially married. I wanted to wait to write this when I actually had the good pictures of the tree on my computer, but that could take several more days. I'll post those later. Here are a couple. The "star" at the top was a creative effort--we'll get a real one some year.

Ornamentation

Okay, we all know that I love Christmas and decorating for Christmas - really, what is the holiday season without twinkle lights? Anyway, I absolutely love these adorable ornaments from Anthropologie (as you can guess, they are not cheap).

This one is from a set of "hobbyists" and this cute girl is the "reader." I love her crazy hair as well as her book.

This cute one is one of the "Ice Princess" ornaments. Don't ask me why, but I totally think of Sarah when I see her - maybe it's the cute and bright clothing.
This is one of my absolute favorites. She is one of a set of three "Swedish Snow Travelers." Wouldn't you love to have her on your tree? Anyway, she is totally cute and I only wish I had money and my own tree so that I could put her up there. They also have some other great ornaments on their website if you want to take a look! I hope you are all decorating for Christmas!