Oh Christmas tree, oh Christmas tree, I'm obsessed with Christmas!

Two blogs right in a row?  Yeah.  So I'm greedy.  I don't care.  I have pictures to share!!!  (I didn't mean to make a poem there.  I actually hate poetry.)

So Jesse and I got our Christmas tree.  And I spent a good chunk of birthday money on Christmas decor.  I can't help it if I'm obsessed!  And it's an investment cuz we'll use it all again!  But let me get to the good stuff.

 Jesse with a tree.  Incidentally, it's not the tree we picked.

 

 You can't tell, but the little stockings say "Merry Christmas"

 I wrapping-papered the lamp.

 Fake presents.

 I got most of the stuff at the dollar store.

I painted and bedazzled the stockings.  I didn't really bedazzle them.  I just put ribbon, glitter glue, and ornaments...

 TREEEEEEEEEE!!!  We named him Buddy.

All lit up!

Sonic-tastic Birthday!!

So, as a child, my sister and I went to my grandma's house every summer and played the crap out of some Sega Genesis.  Sadly, one summer, we went to Grandma's to find that our beloved Sega and Sonic games were gone.  She didn't even tell us, or warn us, or anything!!!

Anyway, I have a point.  For my birthday, I invited some folks out to good ol' Red Elephant to celebrate my golden birthday.  (24 on the 24th).  It was fantastic and Jesse had some surprises for me!

 Lindy made the cake.  She is a wizard!!

 We also had Sonic headbands.  Jesse's idea, Lindy's expert craftiness.

 He got me a Sega Genesis.

 And lots of Sonic games!!

 Layne came!

And Kelly too!  And Erik photo-bombed us.  Good work, my friend.

On my actual birthday, we had family dinner at Olive Garden.  This included Jesse, Krissie, the Lor, my mom, my mom's mustache-- I mean, boyfriend, his son Nicholas, and his daughter Laura.

 The Joan and her mustache.  I think they should appreciate their nicknames more.

 Nicholas and Laura!

 The Lor doesn't like to be photographed.

 This is when I realized what the cake said.

 "Happy Birthday to the ground!"

Beauty and the Beast on dvd.  Yusss!

Al- in-all, the birthday was a great success, I declare!  I had a good time, lots of restaurant food, and lots of dessert.  Followed by two Thanksgivings.  I probably gained fifteen pounds!

On another scarier note, I was stung by a wasp.  On Black Friday.  While indoors watching Casino Royale.  Out of six people, that stupid wasp picks the person who is deathly afraid of wasps.  It flew at my eye and got me right below my eye, luckily.  It was horrible and traumatizing and it HURT!  So anyone who has ever told me it's no big deal and my fears are irrational, you are wrong!!

Expecto Patronum!

Or, "Patronus!", as Jesse liked to say (in a high-pitched British accent, I might add) when shouting spells at me.
So, Jesse, Krissie, and I went to the midnight premier of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1.  It was tons of fun.  Jesse even got into it.  Here's a slew of pics from the event.

I made ghetto scarves out of cheap fabric from Walmart and some paint.  They looked legit, though!

Me and Harry.

We decided to duel.  This is when Harry yelled, "expellerarmus!" (high-pitched voice again). It was quite funny.

Krissie was Luna Lovegood.  Radish earrings and all.

Waiting for the movie!! We only sat there for 2 1/2 hours.  Krissie printed out those Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, and S.P.E.W. badges for us and found the glasses for two bucks!

Did I mention all three of us were sick?  All three of us were sick.  Krissie supplied the cough drops, tissues, Dayquill, and water bottles.  I brought candy, chips, popcorn, and made sandwiches (which we didn't end up eating).  We weren't gonna pay those ridiculous movie-theater prices!

I just love this picture.  Really captures the true Harry Potter.

We entertained ourselves with our high-tech interweb phones, and Jesse, I mean, Harry, even found an app that had Harry Potter 7 trivia to get us ready.

And then I played the Harry Potter theme on my flute.  Which was actually my wand.  Which i made out of construction paper and scotch tape.

So anyway, the movie was great.  They left out TONS of stuff that I felt was important, even if it was just small details, but I knew what I signed up for going into it.  We got out of the movie at 2:30 am, but sat in the parking lot for ages.  By the time we got to bed it was already after 3.  When 7:30 rolled around the next morning, we were not feeling happy.  But I think the long, tired, sick day at work was totally worth the midnight showing.

MTV Cribs: Hansen Edition

So Mondays are my cleaning, laundry, and errands day.  I had my whole house clean by about 10 this morning.  That's what can happen when you get up early.  And have a small house... But that's beside the point. Also, I fear I have permanently stained the bathroom counter from my hair-dying adventures.  Note to self:  When bleaching entire house, do NOT wear a shirt you actually like and wear in public.  That shirt is now a cleanin' shirt.
Anyway, since my house is clean and looking cute, I thought I'd snap a few pictures to share.


The bedroom.  Obviously.  The bed is usually not made up nice like this, but it looks so darn good!

The bathroom.

 Notice the picture of Jesus above the toilet.  Jesse says he feels like he's being watched now when he pees.

The kitchen.  This one is hard to keep clean and cute cuz it's just a gross kitchen to begin with.  But I try my best.

My beautiful washer and dryer Jesse surprised me with!  Isn't he just the sweetest?

Dining area.  Kendal made those super-cute place mats and Lindy re-upholstered those chairs. 

And finally, the living room.

Look how cute Jesse was in 2nd grade!

Admittedly, I went a little overboard with the teal.  I think the lamp and couch pillows pushed it over the edge. But Target just has such cute stuff and it all matches!  And now that I've got it, I'm gonna use it!

Also, Jesse informed our landlord last week that we have a disgusting amount of black mold growing in one of our kitchen cabinets but they have yet to come and do anything about it.  They came immediately to replace the seal around our front door because we could see daylight coming in and it was letting in some cold air.  Personally I feel that mold is a more pressing issue.  If we die, they will be getting sued!