5 posts tagged “decorations”
I'm getting ready for our little Thanksgiving trip, this year we are heading over to Jon's fathers for the holiday. Instead of sleeping on the floor we booked a hotel this time and I think I'm really going to enjoy it a lot more. I hate imposing on people, especially when they don't have the room and in middle of the fuss of the holidays. Its a little treat to have a hotel.
I spent yesterday digging through bins at Garden Ridge. Now that its October and truly feels like fall outside, I wanted to celebrate the seasonal change and set up some decorations. I was in search of the perfect wreath for the front door and it was a frustrating gaudy process. I don't understand why retail designers make such ugly products. My brilliant artist of a husband broke the mold and grabbed a tweed wreath and started wrapping it with some realistic fall leaves on a line. We gathered purple berries and added a splash of tiny cream colored flowers. It looks fantastic and only cost a total of eight dollars! Its a world better than the tacky wreaths going for five times the price in the store. I also bought a few extra lines of these realistic leaves and a raffia pumpkin that was just classic. I must say I'm pretty happy with my purchase and my husbands festive ideas.
I went to the library today and browsed through a fairly large selection of books. I've been dying for a large city library to borrow from and it felt comforting to hold a new plastic library card in my hand. I picked up a collection of short stories by
H.G. Wells. I came home just in time as the cold rain started coming down and nuzzled on the couch to read my stories. Jon at my side with a book on astronomy (he's such a science nerd) and Luna warming my feet with her new winter coat. Comfort.
