Well, we are officially finished with decorating the house for Christmas! It only took about a week of sporadic work, but we finished! Downstairs, upstairs, inside, outside, it's all done! One of my favorite parts about being in a house vs. an apartment has been the fact that we get to put up and decorate 2 trees! The tree is definitely my favorite part of Christmas decorations. We have one upstairs and one downstairs. The one upstairs is our family tree. It has all our special family ornaments from when Amy and I were little as well as ones we have accumulated together. You know, full of memories and reminiscing. It is artificial for 2 reasons. One - so we don't have to lug a real tree up and down the stairs, and two - we got an awesome deal the day after Christmas a few years back, something like 80% off. The downstairs tree has always been real. This is what I refer to as our "show" tree. You know, all the ornaments match and there is a theme. Ours is Red and silver. I have always been a real tree person, we never had artificial ones growing up. Kroger, Houston Garden, Home Depot, and Lowe's. All places I have purchased trees. Moving out to the middle of suburban nowhere has it's benefits. Not only are we 15 minutes away from Dewberry Farm for pumpkins in the fall (visit them here) but we are also, somewhat, close to a great Christmas tree farm - Spring Creek Growers (visit them here). For the past 2 years we have been going there to cut down our own trees and it has been great. We have gotten some great memories and great pictures. This year though, things went differently. We typically go to get our real tree the day after Thanksgiving. This year we made the momentous and difficult (for me) decision to purchase an artificial tree for downstairs. It may sound silly but it really was tough decision for me. But, with the house being on the market it just seemed easier to go the least-messy route and get another artificial one. It's beautiful, thank you Martha Stewart via Home Depot!
On the bright side though, Scentsy makes a holiday scent called Christmas Tree that smells just like, you guessed it, a fresh cut Christmas tree! And we're not talking a fake smell like those little tree-shaped air fresheners you put in your car. This smells like an actual tree! While I was out putting up the exterior lights Amy switched out the scent in the living room to Christmas Tree to surprise me. She's great isn't she? A keeper for sure! Got an artificial tree but still want to enjoy the fragrance of a real one? (Shameless plug alert!) Visit Amy's website here to learn more about it and/or purchase! :) So, real or artificial? I enjoy both. Although I have to admit that I do enjoy the clean and less-messy approach offered by the artificial options! Regardless, the house looks wonderful and we are ready for this most exciting season!
All is well, for real, in Drosche Land.
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