The Halloween Snowball

I stopped dead in my tracks.  With a huge smile on my face I turned to Yoyo and exclaimed, "It's a Christmas tree!!!!!"

SANTA!!!

This happens every year.  It all starts with Costco stocking some wrapping paper and fake trees in September.  Everyone thinks that Christmas is still in the incredibly distant future and that Costco is just a little too Christmas-trigger happy.  But when I see that premature wrapping paper, I just smile and start counting down the days.  Once Halloween approaches, the world begins to face the fact that Christmas is just around the corner.  Costco and I, we are the prepared ones.  When the day comes that the rest of the world catches up, (usually seen through the malls decked out in ornaments and garland, Santas abounding and everything smelling like apple cinnamon spice heaven) I become even happier.

And today was that day.  Yoyo and I decided to catch "Life as We Know It" while it is still in theatres.  The movie was fantastic, albiet an emotional roller coaster.  But I think that is why it was so good-- finally a creative spin on the stereotypical romantic comedy.  We got out of the movie after the stores were closed and I grabbed a coffee at Starbucks.  This Starbucks was cool enough to blog about.  It had a gigantic carved wooden mermaid and automatic doors.  I'm talking serious cool.
Then, we decided what better time to shop than when all the stores were closed?  So we window shopped and ended up stumbling upon the Christmas tree in the middle of the massive outdoor mall which is where this post began.  I stopped walking and stared, perfectly content.

Tiffany and Christmas.... two of my favorite things <3

Good friends, good movies, good shopping and the Christmas countdown stands at 47 days.  The most wonderful time of the year always comes sooner than we expect.
"City lights, as far as the eye can see, You and I, we'll do it differently, With our hearts in our hands, Like loaded guns, We're taking a chance, We're the lucky ones" --Brendan James