This week Tracy and I set up our Christmas tree. We got it on Monday night and it took a bit. We first stopped at Canadian Tire to get a proper tree stand but when we got in there we got everything else on our list except the tree stand. We also took some time to look at a few of the trees at the tree lot in the parking lot. We didn't notice until we were driving out to Ikea that we forgot to get a tree stand. Once we got to Ikea we right away noticed that there were no trees left, the place was so bare it looked as if someone had even swept up the pine needles and took them. That meant that we had to stop now at a bank since I only had $20 on me and what ever tree lot we stopped at was going to be more than $20. We stopped in at a Loblaws to use the bank machine and noticed that there was a tree lot there. After finally getting the money out we walked over and only then noticed the tree lot was closed and was only open between 3pm and 8pm! How the hell do you stay in business only open for 5hrs a day and 3 of those hours are when people are working or driving home from work. Off to the tree lot at Canadian Tire parking lot. We got there just as the lot was being closed and managed to get a pretty good tree (see photo above - lol). After we got the tree in the SUV we went into Canadian Tire to get the tree stand and - they were sold out of the one we really wanted. We wanted the BIG metal ones but instead settled for the new Swivel Stand and I gotta say it was really good. It was probably the fastest I've ever set a tree up. With all the running around I didn't really feel like decorating it since by the time we got back and got the tree in the house and standing up it was 10pm. We finally got around to decorating it on Wednesday night and I think it's one of the best trees I've ever seen. Tracy and I spent 1.5hrs decorating it and we both really pleased with how the tree looked. Anyway just wanted to put up a photo and brag about our tree.
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