We went tree hunting today at our usual free tree lot (thanks again, R&D!). It's always fun. I remind my family that we have a little living room and that trees always look so much smaller out in the bush. I lobby for a puny tree and my wife looks for the tree that looks best. She has much better taste than I do, so she wins.

Truth be told, I usually lobby for a tree from the grocery store lot, but that's just because I'm lazy. Really, getting a tree from our friends' place couldn't be much easier, so I'm happy.

My wife is happy with me this week: I put up some Christmas lights on the house, I put the snow tires on the van and we got a tree. After our Edmonton shopping day tomorrow, we can let Christmas come.