Some Assembly Required

Alright, I realize that its been too long since my last post. The truth is that I was hoping to put up pictures of all my Christmas decorations. Since they still aren't done, I figured I'd at least put up pictures of my tree.

But before I do that let me tell you a little story about that tree... I braved the crowds Black Friday morning to get my tree for a bargain $49. I loved it since it's 7.5' tall, pre-lit, and uses LED's. I love a good deal. Well, I decided to put it up the following Monday. I fluffed the bottom layer and decided I better look for the main cord before it got too hard to find. So I crawled around on the floor and looked and looked, but couldn't find it. I thought, "it can't be this hard to find, there are usually several giant warning tags on a main cord."
C'mon, why did they do such a great job hiding the cord? Fifteen minutes later (did I mention I'm stubborn), I finally decided to look at the directions. They decided to hide the cord in the middle section of the tree. Arghhh!!! (So glad I wasted the time crawling on the floor.) I put the middle section in and fluffed it and gave up. This is what my tree looked like for the next few days.
I lost heart and didn't feel like doing much decorating. I put the top and the ribbon on on Thursday and finally got around to finishing it on Saturday. Here's the end result:
Notice, there's no tree topper. I can't find one I like. I'm fairly traditional about that and want a good star or angel for the top (sorry no fluffies or bows will do). I guess that's not the thing these days so the main stream stores only carry a limited selection. I guess it will have to wait until next year or better yet...after Christmas clearance.