Full of Joy: Tree Hunt

Last year we found a local farm store that sold 6 foot Frasier Furs for $30. In the past we had spent $10-$20 on a tiny tree so this new find was fantastic! We spent our Thursday-Night-Date-Night tree hunting. This means we drove 10 minutes to Meadows Farms. At the front of the big lot of trees there were tons of $60 trees, $70 trees and a bunch of plants we were not interested in. I told Chuck we should just keep walking towards the back of the lot. After several rows of the expensive trees we found a row of $40 and $50 trees. We began to think the tree prices had gone up. But we pressed on. As we continued to walk, and freeze, we saw a cluster of trees sitting in the dark, all the way at the back of the lot. To our delight, even though it was very hard to read in the dark, we finally saw a sign for $30 Frasier Furs!

It was pretty tough to actually pick out a tree in the complete dark, but we used the flashlight App to help with visibility. Here is proof just how far away we were from the expensive trees at the front of the store. (See the lights all the way behind Chuck?)

Chuck thought we should get the tallest tree possible, I actually prefer chubby trees- even if they're shorter.

Told ya it was dark!

We finally settled for the perfect blend of tall, but chubby. Oh, and before it was all said and done I did actually trip over the wooden beam separating the Frasiers because it was pitch black!

I have to post this picture below because we were trying to take our token Stand-by-the-Jeep-while-the-tree-gets-strapped-to-the-top-photo when the guy helping us threw the rope over the car and hit me in the head. Chuck and I were cracking up and he caught it on film. (See the white rope to the right?)

Here's the official photo.

We also stopped at Michael's to pick up some lights and garland. I have been dying to decorate our cute little font porch and thankfully Michael's had awesome deals last night. ($2.99 garland!)