Christmas at Home

This year I decided to decorate my house for Christmas...5 days before Christmas. I searched through the remaining trees left at the Optimist's Club Lot and found this one. I got a good deal...$15. Pretty good considering it was supposed to be $40. I guess flirting helps a little. That night I went to Wal-Mart to purchase the decorations. $20 later I came out with red ball ornaments, a wire star for the top, a tree stand, and tree skirt. The clear lights were left over from last year when I borrowed them from my Mom thinking I would decorate...that never happened. I set up my "Charlie Brown Christmas Tree" in one night, but it was missing something. I strung together red and green mardi gras beads and draped them across the tree. It was also later adorned with Candy Canes which gave it that needed 'homey' feel. The next night I got home at around 9. It was freezing cold but time was running out...only 4 days left till Christmas, I must decorate. In the pitch black outside my house, I strung clear lights around my one and only tree. It looked okay until one of the strands decided to go out and it had to be in the middle of the tree where if I wanted to replace it, I would basically have to start over. It was 9:30. Oh well, I'll leave it. It looks kind of ghetto but hey, I did it in the time I could all by myself.
So this is my beautiful tree I decorated by myself. I think I'll have it up a little longer than most people keep their Christmas tree up and no I'm not some Christmas freak fanatic. But I guess my realtor will want it gone when my house goes on the market pretty soon. That'll be a sad day.
I hope everyone had a very merry Christmas!