Premature Decoration

OK, ladies & gentleman - I broke ALL the rules this year. I decorated my house for Christmas on the weekend of November 6th! That sets an all-time EARLY record for me.

Since I was going to be out of town for the November 13th weekend, I decided to do it earlier rather than later. It's a TON of work to lug the tree in from the garage and set it up, and then lug all of those Rubbermaid tubs of decorations down from the guest room upstairs. I need to get my 'use' out of the decorations to make all of that work worth it!

Here is my tree that I love looking at:

Why is Maggie posing in front of it, as if she helped??? She did NOT.

I love my Christmas bulb wreath and mantle.

Gotta have ice skates to remind me of my Minnesota heritage!

I am obsessed with Christmas bulbs and decorating with them. It really is a sickness, I think. They are EVERYWHERE in my house!

In the kitchen.....

In a cabinet in the living room...

In baskets.....


Here's my stocking...

And Maggie's stocking...

More bulbs on the coffee table.....

Here you can see both of my bulb wreaths. I love to make them, but I can't have 15 in my house. I need to stop the madness!