Finally Back Again (I Hope)
Posted on: December 8, 2008 by Matt 2 Comments
It seems like it has been forever since I have had a chance to post with any regularity. I am hoping to get back in the swing of things this week and back to my usual daily posts. Right now it looks like work is going to slow down as I am getting in the swing of things and the dust is starting to settle from our move. I still have a bit of unpacking to do but I think that most of the family is getting there.
Anyway – over the weekend we picked up our Christmas tree for the year. I had thought about going up to my grandmother’s land (where I grew up) and hunting one down myself for free but time was not on my side. We stopped in at a pretty nice tree lot (they had a fair amount of space to set up, not like the urban style fit 1 million trees in 25 square feet lots you sometimes see). I was hoping to get away for under $40 (which I managed to do at $35 for a really nice tree) but was surprised to see that the majority of trees were closer to $50. In fact my girlfriend’s four year old son was helping me and the first tree he ran up to was not priced visibly – when we asked we were told it was $50. I convinced him that we should look around a bit more for the “best tree ever”. As it turns out we found it and the tree was the best ever due to the fact that it had “a red tag on top”. It seems that everything related to the holidays is just getting more and more expensive (and showing up earlier) every year.
We got the tree and decorated it yesterday and spent an entire day as a family fun, holiday decorating day. It was a blast and easily worth the $35 cost of the tree and I would have paid $50 for the day we had if it came down to it. I guess I just can not believe how much everything costs – I mean to pay $50 for something that you are going to keep a couple of weeks (maybe) and then throw out? Seems a little silly to me but I guess the market is there.
How about you? Anyone out there pick up a tree yet? How much did you end up paying for your perfect Christmas tree?
