Santa's on His Way!!

I'm one of those people who doesn't really "feel" Christmas until the decorations are up, the shopping is done, and I can relax and enjoy the family aspects of the day.

Yesterday though, me and The Mister went and bought our tree (sadly not real - we decided not to risk with the two cats around... We spent the afternoon glitzing up the house. I have to say this is the first time we've really done Christmas decorations - last year we lived in a teeny weeny flat - we literally had NO room! 

 We picked up the garland and the red tree ornament from Next, and the three cute tealight holders were from cheap and cheerful Home and Bargain. I just thought they were really cute. We also picked up this wire angel from Home and Bargain - I just thought that it was a bit different and it seemed to go really nicely with the purple baubles we picked...

We decided it was best not to go too mad because we totally expected the cats to have pulled the tree down in five minutes flat, but they were very good, and apart from an initial sniff they have left it well alone!

Christmas is also the time for heartwarming songs too... This is one of my favourite recent ones!


I still have a lot to do before Christmas though - like buy half of my presents for example! But I am definitely more in the mood now!

How are your Christmas preparations going?