Just a Taste

I can't wait any longer. I've tried and tried, but I just can't. I keep telling myself, just wait until Thanksgiving is over. The urge continues. I look around at the stores and say, oh maybe I'll just buy one thing. I don't, but the urge continues. My hand reaches to put Handel's Messiah on, I pull back and insert The Indigo Girls instead. You see, Nate and I have decided that it is not until after Thanksgiving that we get our tree, start listening to the Messiah and decorate for Christmas. It's so hard though, I remember the first store I walked into with Christmas decorations out. Part of me thought, "isn't it too early for this?", but most of me was so giddy and began longing for Christmas to come. I have a confession though, I did cave in. I was at Micheals and saw some great sales. Sale + Christmas = weakness. Last year I missed my annual clearance shopping after Christmas to add to my decorations, so I figured I would just get them now. Really, it wasn't much, but it gave me a fun project and gave me a taste of post-turkey day. I got some strands of beads and a wreath to make a wreath for our front door. I also got 2 cinnamon candles (a necessity for the season), and some cinnamon pine cones with balls of gold glitter (total of 9 dollars spent, not bad). Enough to pacify me for now (kind of), but anxiously awaiting cutting down our tree and bringing the decoration boxes up from the basement. Don't worry, I hid the wreath, it's not on the front door anymore. As for now I am spending the day humming the tune of the wonderful hymn, "Come Thou Long Expected Jesus"....