Christmas Has Arrived

.. in our house, that is!

i so wanted to decorate for christmas as soon as halloween has passed. but tantan said it's not worth it. for one, we're not done yet with decorating (renovating) some parts of the house. also, we wont be spending christmas and new year's day in our house (we're spending them with friends). but the main reason is, cayden will just pick/pull baubles out from the tree, like he used to with our apple trees. tantan asked me if i'll be able to run after cayden and stop him from doing so without getting all stressed out (being heavily pregnant and all). hmmnn... that got me thinking.

then cayden started going to nursery and they have this really big christmas tree. even when placed next to it, cayden didnt bother with the decors. that gave me hope. when we were in our friend's house, he didnt touch their tree. i decided it was time to argue my case again. tantan gave in. phew!

last saturday, we went to pick up the tree that we reserved online. it was an artificial black tree (para maiba naman!). we were told they were trying to contact us to tell us that the tree they reserved was an ex-display and doesnt have a box anymore. they werent offering any discounts and looking at the tree, it wasnt worth the price they were asking for. so we left and went to another store.

the thing about christmas tree shopping is, with it being close to christmas, you dont really get much options. fortunately, there was this tree looking really good and being sold at half price. ok, that's a cracking deal. we immediately called for help as we couldnt find any more in stock (the trees on display come with numbers and that's how you find them in the boxed up pile). the staff looked for stock but we're told there's none left. we told him we saw two boxes on the top shelf and could he check if they still have something in them. if not, we're ready to take the display. he went to get a really tall ladder.

while waiting for him, there was this lady with her husband and she's eyeing the tree as well. she was talking on her cell and was describing the tree. i even joked at tantan, telling him she's in for a disappointment bec. there'll be no tree for her, what with all the trouble she has to go through. whaddyaknow! she just placed the tree in her trolley! she must have heard our conversation with the staff and reckons she'll get away with the tree, if there's really none in stock, with it already in her trolley!

they asked a female staff and was told there's probably none in stock. sensing her evil plan, i changed gear, poised to fight for that tree. we saw it first!!! i told the lady that we're actually asking for the same tree and that a staff's just gone to get a tall ladder to look at the boxes. and that we're getting the display if there's none in stock. as if on cue, the guy and another staff wheeled in the ladder. the evil lady then said, well, you cant have the tree because it's already in my trolley!!! it's not only the fact that she's stealing our tree (the tree i've fought so hard for with tantan), but the way she said that really made my blood boil!!!

i told her, i didnt know you can put displays in your trolley without asking first! i was so mad that i felt tears starting to well up. so as a more civilised, educated person, i thanked the staff for helping me, going out of their way to find a really tall and heavy looking staircase, wished everybody a merry christmas and then left.

OMG! ang tanda na nya wala pa syang pinagkatandaan!!! and wala man lang awa - obviously i am pregnant and then kasama pa si cayden happily looking at trees too! where's the spirit of christmas!?anyways, i started crying in one corner, my boys trying to console me (i was crying kasi super galit ako). then the staff who was helping me (he actually looks like nick of the jonas brothers lol!) and the lady staff that the evil lady approached earlier came to us and said they found a stock of the same tree. i could have kissed both of them but was too embarrassed to face them bec i was still crying like a baby!

anyways, we were just so happy and grateful. we went on to buy the decors (we even saw the evil lady with her stolen tree in her trolley in the decor section) and happily put up the tree when we got home.

ok, so we failed to account for cayden being more behaved in other people's house. he calls the baubles "apple" especially the red one (it's gold and red this year). he'll try picking up one or two but he can easily be distracted. hopefully, we can ward him off until the new year. it's just that, christmas wont be christmas without the tree!