Good morning!
I am up early this morning baking bread for our Thanksgiving dinner with my family. Also, I am enjoying the early morning to myself, having rested well and not done much at my mother-in-law's house. Her home is always so quiet and relaxing to visit.
We got back into town last night around 5:30 at which point Josh went to the church to update the website and Lex and I went to Target (yes, I know, on Black Friday) to get groceries for today and buy him a christmas tree for his room. We chose a shiny silver fiber-optic tree for him. He was highly anticipating Daddy getting back home to open it and put it together for him. They did and he gladly went to bed with it glowing beautifully in his room last night.
So, I have a funny story about the fiber-optic purchase on Black Friday. They had the trees for $19.99. The choices were green or silver. There was, of course, only one green and like 6 silver ones. Well, as we approached the trees to decide, this other lady did too (at the same time, mind you). When she saw that there was only one green, she took it for herself and put it in her buggy and then just stood there, still contemplating whether she wanted it or not. I'm not even sure she knew whether she wanted a fiber-optic tree at all but in her Black Friday madness she panicked and greedily grabbed the remaining green tree. So, she didn't know whether she wanted it but she did know one thing-- she was NOT going to let me and the adorable, wide-eyed, christmas-awed toddler in my buggy have the only green fiber-optic tree left. I decided in my protest of never "bargain shopping" on Black Friday to ask Lex meekly, "They only have silver left. Do you like that one?" He, of course, was fine with either and I secretly hoped inside that some sort of conviction came over her about her greediness (even though, actually, I was also fine with either color-- but probably would have bought green if given the choice). I had planned to go get the rest of my purchases on the other side of the store and return before checking out to see if she had put the green one back on the shelf. We didn't. We were too excited to get home quickly and decorate for christmas. I don't think I would have bought the green one if she had replaced it since the silver had since grown on me and Lex had already taken ownership of it saying continuously through the store, "my pissus tee". Still, I would have laughed...maybe even out loud.
Lex loved his silver tree and I did too. It reminds me of the aluminum trees that Charlie Brown and Linus bang on in their search for the perfect christmas tree.
My house is cozy and softly lit with christmas lights this morning. Lex went to bed before we decorated everything last night so I am anticipating his excitement when he awakes to find all the "pissus wights".
1 comments:
People are funny when it comes to a deal. As a teen I used to buy awful sweaters at a thrift store just because they were a great deal and had a brand name on them. They were probably out of date and just not cool. But I felt great knowing that I bought a Ralph Lauren sweater. It may not have fit well but it sure was cheap. That is a funny story about the lady and the green tree. Who takes from a pregnant woman and a 3 year old cutie? Something is wrong with this woman!
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