Grand Illumination

Last night we decided to get off our exhausted-from-the-work-week butts and head into the city for the Grand Illumination at the James Center. We had heard about it, but had never been in the past. At 6pm about 20 or so office buildings and the area around the James Center were illuminated with their traditional Christmas lights. Because there were mobs of people there to countdown, we'll probably go back one night to get the full-effect. We got a little crazy with the street food. Jeremiah tried a lamb gyro and I got a corn dog (whhhhat?) It was fun, but would definitely be extra spectacular with little kids.

And to top the festive evening off, we decided to head over to Home Depot (so festive) to pick up a small Christmas tree. Although heavily debated, we decided to go ahead and put one up this season even in the midst of moving. We were having a bit of trouble conjuring up Christmas spirit, and we think this will be a step in the right direction especially since they practically paid us to take it with a price tag of only $19.97. And of course, we don't have a roof rack so do you like our ghetto set-up with a blanket to protect the car?

Our traditional ornaments will not make the cut this year as that's just too much work to pack up, but we'll be adorning our cute little evergreen with some brightly colored balls I purchased post-Christmas last year at Target. We plan to put the lights and ornaments on this morning as we watch the Broad Street Christmas parade on TV and wait for the delivery of our guest mattress and boxspring. Say hello to our new sofa.