We got our tree. It is very... Seussian. It's very tall(just a hair short of hitting the 8' ceiling), and on the narrower side but with random bits sticking out in a crookedy sort of way. It sounds awfully weird but I love it for that.
Here is a photo from last night. This is before we left for the party. Looking our very best.
In other exciting news... I believe that I am buying myself a Prius for Christmas. My brother's shop bought it off of a customer who didn't want to pay for it to be fixed. All it needs is a new battery(and a good cleaning apparently). If I'm the one buying(which I've already said I will, I just don't want to get my hopes up too high) then I would only have to pay for the cost of the battery and my brother would do the labor for free

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. He said he could probably get it done this week. This would be the first car that is actually mine and not a parental loaner. Cross your fingers for me!!