warm and toasty

here's our little place all decorated for Christmas! the decorating happened three days before Thanksgiving. :) Wasn't planning on doing it that early, but i found the cutest, most perfect tree for $17 and i couldn't leave him! joe was ecstatic to find a tree waiting for legs to stand, and this year (because we re-arranged the furniture about three times since last Christmas!) there was actually a spot for him. he's only two feet tall, and so that we don't feel like such giants, we put him up on a box. i think it has greatly improved his self-esteem. he smells just as a Christmas tree ought, and his boughs are green and healthy, even if they are tiny.

this is looking from outside through the berry wreath on our front door into our living room...and there you can see trudy and donovan!

my dad made this votive candle thingy for us last year for Christmas!

better than pottery barn - really!