Well I had hoped to post yesterday, but the day just got away from me...
How so?
Groceries, christmas shopping (I think I am done - Wahoo!), buying a Christmas Tree (must be capitalized, wait till you see the size below!), doing a 2013 family budget (since one of us, the one who does not own fairy shoes, will be moving on to a pension and the vagaries of self-employed consulating and like Dani, we may have two in university next fall and would like to eliminate our mortgage sooner than later), sleeping on the couch, bringing the christmas tree in and then falling asleep on the couch again! It is a full life and i do not like to brag. Oh and I went to Starbucks and for a decaf gingerbread latte! Dreadful concoction and I loved every sip of it!!!
The Tree
We found this tree at a local lot just down the road. It had been cut down just this past week from the fellow's own woodlot. It was a beauty and everything i look for in a tree :
balsam fir - check!
At least 7 feet tall - check!
Very wide - check! (we like a fat tree)
LOTS of branches - check!
My husband think I am whacked because the fellow only wanted to charge me $25 for this tree but I insisted on paying $40! I am a forester's daughter after all and gotta support our Christmas tree industry!
But... it was bigger than we anticipated! This is the tree when first brought in!
And "tucked" into the corner (as much as you can tuck a tree that by rights should be called "THE TREE".
And then we decorated! It is wonderful to have a tree in the house!! I am a complete and utter druid!!!
Fully trimmed with basket of wind-up toys beneath!
And then lit at night:
Do not ask why my BB only really shows blue lights - haven't a clue! Will take proper pics with my camera in next few days!
And side view from sitting room:
Over the coming days I will show a few close-ups of some of my best loved ornaments!
One I thought you might like especially is from my Mother's mum. This was an ornament from her tree:
And for Dani, the angel on top of the tree:
hard to get a good sense of her in this picture - she is quite lovely!
And since I am feeling sentimental tonight, a shot of a wooden ornament painted by my dad one Christmas, probably around 1970 or so. Someone gave him a kit in his stocking and he painted a bunch of these (I have three and my sister had the other three) and they are quite precious to me now! It is funny how it was 42 years ago but I can still picture him sitting in his lazy-boy, with a an old aluminum tv table in front of him, painting these while watching TV!
It has held up pretty well!
Now to the blouse!
You recall, I made the hail mary pass on the fancy ivory or white blouse and ordered this lovely:
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Sadly, this will not be staying with me. It is the kind of ivory with yellowish undertones, not white, which is not my colour. The V is just a little two v and shows cleaveage, which I do not do at work, ever. As well, because of my hair, you don't see the ruffle a tthe top and so it just doesn't show what I considered to be the nicest feature of the blouse. I could size down, but the colour is not for me. To be honest, it also did scream $250CDN blouse (though I got mine 30% off). It screamed more like $100CDN.
See the pics below!
Sorry about the leggings - I was wearing my tree trimming outfit and just slipped this on for a picture. What you cannot see is that there is at least 2 inches of cleavage showing if you get close. I do not want to wear a cami with this, so right away, a no go!
A closeup of the trim around the neck. It is quite well done. Not sure if you get a sense of the pale yellow undertones here. It is almost a very pale pale yellow in certain lights (at least to me!)
The craftsmanship is quite good for a JC item and the buttons look like little screw heads and are such a lovely pearl..
I think you can get a sense of how deep the V is in this picture!
This belongs to someone, just not me! I have decided to wait to find the blouse of my dreams here in town or in NYC in March. I will check out the after christmas sales as well. I think that given my body type, I ought to stick to JCrew for things that i know work - i.e. tippis, ballets (in general) tshirts and leave the rest alone - it is too difficult when it all comes by mail! Of course, I say that now but reserve the right to change my mind!!! I still have two packages coming from last sake, but that is it and i am pretty sure most will go back!
SO Happy Sunday Night/Monday morning! I hope your weekends were merry and bright! We are getting a big snowstorm overnight, so we may yet ave a white Christmas!
Stay Safe out there!
How so?
Groceries, christmas shopping (I think I am done - Wahoo!), buying a Christmas Tree (must be capitalized, wait till you see the size below!), doing a 2013 family budget (since one of us, the one who does not own fairy shoes, will be moving on to a pension and the vagaries of self-employed consulating and like Dani, we may have two in university next fall and would like to eliminate our mortgage sooner than later), sleeping on the couch, bringing the christmas tree in and then falling asleep on the couch again! It is a full life and i do not like to brag. Oh and I went to Starbucks and for a decaf gingerbread latte! Dreadful concoction and I loved every sip of it!!!
The Tree
We found this tree at a local lot just down the road. It had been cut down just this past week from the fellow's own woodlot. It was a beauty and everything i look for in a tree :
balsam fir - check!
At least 7 feet tall - check!
Very wide - check! (we like a fat tree)
LOTS of branches - check!
My husband think I am whacked because the fellow only wanted to charge me $25 for this tree but I insisted on paying $40! I am a forester's daughter after all and gotta support our Christmas tree industry!
But... it was bigger than we anticipated! This is the tree when first brought in!
 |
| that is barry on the floor trying to get it to stand straight! |
And "tucked" into the corner (as much as you can tuck a tree that by rights should be called "THE TREE".
And then we decorated! It is wonderful to have a tree in the house!! I am a complete and utter druid!!!
Fully trimmed with basket of wind-up toys beneath!
And then lit at night:
Do not ask why my BB only really shows blue lights - haven't a clue! Will take proper pics with my camera in next few days!
And side view from sitting room:
Over the coming days I will show a few close-ups of some of my best loved ornaments!
One I thought you might like especially is from my Mother's mum. This was an ornament from her tree:
And for Dani, the angel on top of the tree:
hard to get a good sense of her in this picture - she is quite lovely!
And since I am feeling sentimental tonight, a shot of a wooden ornament painted by my dad one Christmas, probably around 1970 or so. Someone gave him a kit in his stocking and he painted a bunch of these (I have three and my sister had the other three) and they are quite precious to me now! It is funny how it was 42 years ago but I can still picture him sitting in his lazy-boy, with a an old aluminum tv table in front of him, painting these while watching TV!
It has held up pretty well!
Now to the blouse!
You recall, I made the hail mary pass on the fancy ivory or white blouse and ordered this lovely:
\\Sadly, this will not be staying with me. It is the kind of ivory with yellowish undertones, not white, which is not my colour. The V is just a little two v and shows cleaveage, which I do not do at work, ever. As well, because of my hair, you don't see the ruffle a tthe top and so it just doesn't show what I considered to be the nicest feature of the blouse. I could size down, but the colour is not for me. To be honest, it also did scream $250CDN blouse (though I got mine 30% off). It screamed more like $100CDN.
See the pics below!
Sorry about the leggings - I was wearing my tree trimming outfit and just slipped this on for a picture. What you cannot see is that there is at least 2 inches of cleavage showing if you get close. I do not want to wear a cami with this, so right away, a no go!
A closeup of the trim around the neck. It is quite well done. Not sure if you get a sense of the pale yellow undertones here. It is almost a very pale pale yellow in certain lights (at least to me!)
The craftsmanship is quite good for a JC item and the buttons look like little screw heads and are such a lovely pearl..
I think you can get a sense of how deep the V is in this picture!
This belongs to someone, just not me! I have decided to wait to find the blouse of my dreams here in town or in NYC in March. I will check out the after christmas sales as well. I think that given my body type, I ought to stick to JCrew for things that i know work - i.e. tippis, ballets (in general) tshirts and leave the rest alone - it is too difficult when it all comes by mail! Of course, I say that now but reserve the right to change my mind!!! I still have two packages coming from last sake, but that is it and i am pretty sure most will go back!
SO Happy Sunday Night/Monday morning! I hope your weekends were merry and bright! We are getting a big snowstorm overnight, so we may yet ave a white Christmas!
Stay Safe out there!
