For some reason this holiday season has just crept up on me and somewhere along the line I lost 2 weeks of productivity. It's been odd, I missed my KD alumnae chapter's holiday party for the first time since we've moved here. Kev and Avante were singing and I had a good excuse but it's still strange not to have gone. We didn't have a CAB holiday party and no friends dinner at the house. It's just left me not feeling terribly Christmas-y this year.
We do have my company's holiday party on Saturday and a cookie exchange that morning, so better late than never, right? I do have a feeling that this company party is going to be a little out of control. It might be the party that they all talk about "why we can't have holiday parties anymore". I can't wait.
But I finally did start decorating last night. We brought the boxes down for the attic and started putting things up.
Once again, I'd like to demonstrate how much easier it is for Jewish people to decorate this time of year. Go to closet, take box off shelf, take out menorah, put it on the counter. Versus 6 giant totes that you have to lug down 2 flights of stairs.
One of the reasons I waited (I swear) is because I scheduled the house to be deep cleaned on Saturday morning. It didn't make a whole lot of sense for them to clean around all the decorations. Bless their hearts, they cleaned for over 5 hours Saturday morning. I had my first appointment with the acupuncturist that morning and when they got back I hung out upstairs in the bedroom to stay out of their way. I felt like such a jerk sitting on the bed watching People's Court while the ladies toiled away cleaning my mess but I didn't want to hover and be that creepy lady watching their every move. I want them to come back every 2 weeks and make it nice and I can't scare them away.
It looks amazing and I wanted to hug them after they finished. Again, can't be creepy and scare them away.
I decorated the fireplace and put up the stockings. Yes the dog has a stocking but the cats don't
I love poinsettias during the holidays and it's what I decorate with. I can't help myself. We got a box of 4 plants at Costco last week for $14 and it might be the best deal ever.
Note, they are NOT poisonous to cats, that's an old wives tale. Besides, if it was true, wouldn't there be a big sign on them with a cat and an X through it?? I always have poinsettias and the cats always investigate. They've tasted plenty of times and no one has died.
My one concession this year was to make the dining room table nice. I got this awesome sparkly table cloth from Steinmart and the place mats and silver things from HomeGoods. No I didn't iron it but will if anyone comes over for dinner or something. I saw some awesome gold chargers at AC Moore for $1 apiece but I couldn't fund the things I went there for and no one would help so I left them there. Really, I needed thicker elastic for a bracelet and one person vaguely gestured over to the jewelry area and that was it. Nope.
The rest of the weekend was spent baking, baking and more baking. Every year I make pizzeles for the cookie exchange and I need 10 dozen. Considering I can only make 2 at a time, it's a little time consuming. I also re-made the Hershey kiss cookies and did the dough for chocolate crinkles.
What about you, how was your weekend??
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