30 days and counting...

Did you see that?  There are only 30 days until Christmas.  I can't believe December is almost upon us and 2012 is staring us in the face.  Normally I won't decorate for Christmas until December.  I have issues with putting up Christmas decorations when we aren't even within the holiday month.  After moving into our new home last year, I had to change the way I decorated since we had so much more livable space that needed to look festive.  Due to my OCD, I limit what I put up because I am not one for clutter.  Not to mention I have to get it all up in one day and be able to take it all down in one day as well or I get overwhelming anxiety.  It truly is a curse.

When I bought my house in 2004, I went to Garden Ridge on Thanksgiving day and bought me a cute little, prelit 6 foot tall tree.  Last year we learned that our cute little tree looked rather pathetic in our new home.  After a failed attempt to purchase a new tree last year, we decided to go out when the first sale was announced this fall and get a prelit 9 foot tree.  When I started putting the tree together yesterday, I realized our eyes may have been bigger than our front room.  Once I got it up and decorated, I fell in love with it.

Last year I bought some wreaths to hang in our back living room windows and a few new things for the mantle.  This year I found Texas A&M and Texas Tech mini trees that I couldn't pass up (plus they were half price at Hobby Lobby). 

Gig'em Aggies!                    Go Raiders!  

             

The outside of our house is very sad.  With the tall roof and limited amount of bushes, we have not figured out a way to add lights to the outside.  We did buy two small outdoor lighted trees to place on either side of our walkway but determined they look very sad all by themselves when we were driving by our house last night.  It is a work in progress so I'm sure we'll figure something out and hit up the stores after Christmas to get more decor on sale.

Only 31 days until all of this stuff comes down!  :)