Christmas!

I brought my first ever real christmas tree today! It is standing in my living room as i speak, (or rather type!) It is huge, over nine feet to be precise. I went to look at them yesterday and the man who was selling them told me the ones standing up were £57 (about 7 foot?) and the taller 9-10ft were £75 so I though thats no going to happen really and went searching on homebases website where I found 9-10ft trees for £60.

I could have sworn when I looked earlier in the year they were a lot cheaper but I told the boyf that we had to get up early in the morning to go and get one, from homebase, I was undecided o which size. But as we were walking past the local seller I told him to go and look, which we did, and even though I was saying all along it was too expensive we ended up getting a 9ft for £70! I managed to get a discount because I told him about the one in Homebase, so only paid £10 more, and it is probably fresher....

BUT I have offficially spent a fortune. £70 on a tree and then i went to wilkinsons in Bristol to get lights and decorations and a stand for it (which it doesn't fit in and i am currently in the process of sawing off the end with a bread knife to try and get it to go in!) and that all came to £50....I don't think i will be able to eat for the next month, ooopps.

Anyway so I am having difficulty putting it in the stand myself so it might have to wait until tomorrow for it to be up properly, but I am going to keep trying! It will be nice for the boyfriend to come home too I think :) I don't want to leave and go to see my family for christmas now because my tree will be going to waste! I honestly think I am going to have to stay down here longer! Well, the upside will be I will get more studying done!

x~Olive~x