may all your problems be as big as mine
I was doing a bit of shopping over the weekend, and was nearly overcome in the Christmas onslaught. Since I'm unlikely to beat all of the jingle bells, fat men, and ho ho ho-ing, I decided to join it. For several years, I've been putting out my teeny tiny Christmas tree, but I've never had decorations on it. It came pre-strung with lights, but no teeny tiny ornaments.
I did a scout around at Target, but all of their teeny tiny ornaments are made of glass, and covered with glitter! I'm far too accident prone to have little glass ornaments around, and glitter is just unwelcome in this household. No matter how carefully I handle glitter-daubed things, it ends up on my eyelids, up my nose, or even worse! I can't even buy glittery birthday cards for people on my lunch hour, lest I return to work looking like a 12 year old after a free mall makeover.
Whatever happened to those plastic, satin-wrapped ornaments? That's what we had on our family tree, along with many dough and pipe cleaner odds and ends. Everyone has such fancy, coordinated trees these days. I suppose I could always string some wine corks and bottle caps together and festoon the tiny tree with them, for as long as it'll be up.
I did a scout around at Target, but all of their teeny tiny ornaments are made of glass, and covered with glitter! I'm far too accident prone to have little glass ornaments around, and glitter is just unwelcome in this household. No matter how carefully I handle glitter-daubed things, it ends up on my eyelids, up my nose, or even worse! I can't even buy glittery birthday cards for people on my lunch hour, lest I return to work looking like a 12 year old after a free mall makeover.
Whatever happened to those plastic, satin-wrapped ornaments? That's what we had on our family tree, along with many dough and pipe cleaner odds and ends. Everyone has such fancy, coordinated trees these days. I suppose I could always string some wine corks and bottle caps together and festoon the tiny tree with them, for as long as it'll be up.