My parents are currently residing in a small 2 bedroom condo by the beach until they find a house to live in permanently. The condo is already furnished so most of their things are in storage. Including our Christmas decorations.
Since the condo is pretty tiny, we weren't even sure if we'd be able to get a Christmas tree this year.
Yeah, like I would have let that happen.
So this past weekend, my parents and sister went on a business trip and I went on a mission.
I stopped by Home Depot in hopes that they might have a little tree that would fit my budget and this one was so perfect I almost squealed at the sight of it. It was only $15 dollars and was already set up in it's Christmas tree stand! I was sold.
I made another little pit stop at Target and bought a $2.00 pack of candy canes and two 8 packs of Ornaments for just a dollar each! I threw in a small pack of clear lights for about $5.00 and that was that. I found some extra ribbon left over from wrapping Christmas gifts to top the tree, and I wrapped a blue blanket around the bottom a la Charlie Brown.
All in all, it was $24.00 and totally worth it.
It was so much fun to see how excited and happy it made the rest of my family upon their arrival home.
Who says Christmas has to be expensive? :)
I'll post another picture of the little guy all lit up tonight.
Happy Holidays everyone!
-C
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