let's start with the fact that it's a tradition for us to go cut down a fresh christmas tree every year. the day after thanksgiving was not as fun this year... and i really wanted a tree. so, we decided to go check out the dupont circle farmers market. luck us, they had trees. it was so fun carrying it through the streets of DC to get to our apartment. actually, since it is a mile, only i thought it was fun. alex started getting mad that i made him stop every ten seconds for another picture.
here he is at the beginning of our adventure. the smile is genuine.
still doing okay here... but that tree is heavier than it looks.
unwilling to acknowledge i am here. smiling is over. grumbling about how i'm not helping. (sorry)
taking video didn't help... but look how cute alex looks carrying that tree down the street.
in the lobby of our building. it looks bigger now that it's inside.
the elevator. alex is quite mad at this point, because he just wants to get the tree home but i'm blocking the elevator door to get one more hilarious photo.
once we got it upstairs we had a few snags. it tipped over (sugar water and all) once, then AFTER i put all the lights on i realized there was a short in them and only half lit. needed new lights and/or a new fuse. had to go buy a stand (no, DC hardware, Rite Aid, CVS, Whole Foods, Trader Joes, Harris Teeter, Bed Bath and Beyond, and Costco do NOT have stands.) alex and i hopped on our bikes toward Target and then thanks goodness some guys out walking their dog pointed us to a local hardware store that had some. several hours later we put the last ornament on the tree...
cute right? christmas trees make me so happy.
let the holidays begin.
cute tree!
ReplyDeletei love the elevator shots, you can tell alex they were totally worth it!