Oh christmas tree…

Christmas is my favourite time of year, I just love getting the tree, decorating the house….. actually did I say that a few days ago?

So today we went to buy our ‘sapin’. We were very pleasantly surprised on the cost of them, which was good as I wanted a really big one to go in the salon. The great thing is they also gave us a log to stand it in. That’s always a discussion point each year, as the bought ones never seem to stand up that well. The one they supplied worked really well, and they also said I could help myself to cut off branches for free - never known that before. Luckily the 8’ tree fitted in the car, just, but I don’t think she measured the skinny bit at the top, with no branches on it, as Brian did need to cut a bit off the top when we put it up in the salon.

The next thing was to find the decorations, which should be easy… or so I thought. I had put two boxes of Xmas decorations near where we stored the wood, thinking they’d be safe there, but not thinking ahead to the log delivery. When Brian went out to ready the area for the delivery we had he had moved the boxes to make room. When I asked where they had gone, he’d completely forgotten. Anyone who knows Brian well will know this is normal. Could we find them? “Don’t worry”’ he said, “We have some in the old wooden chest”. I do like Christmas, I think I’ve said, so have lots of decorations in different places. We found the chest, but… “Hmmmm, any idea where the key to the chest is?”

I obviously had no idea where the key to the chest was, finding anything at the moment is a challenge. So we went and had a cup of tea and some chocolate, and hoped that would sort it all out.

After tea, not to be deterred, Brian went back out to have another look. He soon returned with a grin, “I’ve found the boxes!”. Hoorah… for tea and chocolate.