Tis the Season

Most who know me understand I have a love/hate relationship with Christmas. I love the day, Love the reason we celebrate. I just hate the fact the the season starts so early and seems to be totally tied to the national economy. Buy more, buy early, spend, spend, spend. I get stressed and always put things off which makes me more stressed...and so on and so on. So this year I decided to decorate the house early. (early for me anyway) We had a fantastic Thanksgiving with family, an ever growing family as we happily learned that Andrew is engaged to Kelly. I had a wonderful family, a clean house and 2 days before I had to go back to work. I was feeling the whole Christmas thing. So decorate I did. I must admit it is a good feeling to have it done and be able to come home from work and enjoy it. I took a few pictures...
Found the birdcage at the Thrift store and added the greenery and birds...

Found this cute wine bottle with lights at the store as well!