Christmas Decorating - HO HO HO!

Yes, the weekend had FINALLY arrived and my list was super long - first on the list was the Christmas decorating along with a trip to the Springs for some shopping and lastly to start the packing for Thanksgiving and our trip to Walt Disney World!

The shopping went fine - luckily the traffic wasn't too bad yet as I had an early start and the best part was finding nearly everything on my list - that doesn't happen too often!!

Decorating for Christmas is always a joy - I put on the Christmas music and decorate to my hearts' content!! Note to self - next year plug in the lighted garland strings BEFORE wrapping them around the staircase railing (which takes a LONG time!) I left the lights on all day but because the sun was shining in most of the day, you couldn't really see the lights - so when darkness came, I stood back to admire the staircase and about started crying!! Amidst all the brightly colored strands of light on the railing were 2 strands of white lights!! These 2 strands were SUPPOSED to be on top of my cupboards but since I failed to plug them in before I started, I had put the colored lights on my cupboards!!

Now to anyone else, this would be no big deal but to those who know me, they know it IS a big deal because I'm such a perfectionist on decorating!! But you'll be proud to know that I LEFT the lights as they were and decided it just adds a little bit of character........

I also got a lot of the preliminary packing done for the weekend! Thanksgiving is up at Jaime and Brad's house and because I will be staying up there till we fly out on Sunday morning, all the suitcases and clothes must go up when we leave on Wednesday night! I need a list just to keep track of all of my OTHER lists!!