The Assignment Should You Choose To Accept It...

... is to stick to the statement I made a couple of weeks ago:

I said, out loud, where people could hear it,

 " I'm not buying anything for Christmas decorating this year except lights

 and the live tree and/or greenery."

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(And an unrelated thought, "Oh how I wish I could whitewash my brick!)

I said it. And I mean it. 

(probably won't need quite this many lights!)

 #oythepowerbill 

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I've been simplifying Christmas for the last couple of years but this year we are using what we have or our noodles to come up with something that doesn't require a trip to the store.

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I have donated a lot of Christmas decor the last few years but I still have too. much. stuff.

I'm not being Scrooge-y. 

I love the season but I want to focus on that 

and not get to wrapped up in overdoing the decor. 

Tall orders for me.

 I have been known to repaint a whole room in a day or two 

at the beginning of December in order to decorate it for Christmas. 

So I guess after making that  bold statement above

 I'm going to have to DIY some of these:

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I also have not started decorating one. single. thing!

I know ... #gasp

I went to the beach for Thanksgiving 

and I've still got to refocus after all the seafood and glorious sunshine.

Some of us are having a hard time getting back to reality....

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