But it rained all Saturday so we had to move our photo shoot for Paige's birthday to Sunday and we didn't feel like tree shopping in the rain either. On Sunday, Justin was taking our nephews back to Boulder Creek (The mountains). I was taking Paige for her pictures. There is a great Christmas Tree farm there, so I gave Justin a $50 budget, told him I did not want a tree that was too sparse and let him pick-out the tree on his own.
When he got home, I was so excited to see my tree and he brings out 3 trees. I thought that was odd since one usually costs between $30-$50, until I looked at them and realized that they were quite small. They reminded me of the Charlie Brown Tree. Turns out he had cut them down himself from somewhere in the mountains and had not spent any $.
At first I was pretty upset. I had to go to Walgreens to buy Paige a little tree for her room since she wanted one, and calm down a bit. The Christmas Tree is so important to me, and I have a lot of ornaments. I came home, and we decorated the tree the best we could. Only one string of lights, and most of the ornaments have to be hung near the trunk. I picked out my favorite ornaments. Paige helped me some.
Ultimately, the tree is not what I pictured in my head, but it was free. And these days, free is good. I am grateful that he was trying to save us money. Hopefully next year, we can afford to have me pick out the tree again.
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