If you haven't yet bought your Christmas tree

and plan to, don't buy one from the side of the road at a Christmas tree stand!  Mark and I went to two different places last night and were appalled at how expensive the trees were.  The least expensive tree was $50, and that was for a sad-looking, little tree.  Fortunately for us, I remember having bought a tree from Wal-Mart a couple years ago and knew it hadn't been that expensive, so we trucked over to the nearest Wal-Mart and found a beautiful, seven-foot tree for $30!  That's right -- 30 bucks, folks.  We (aka I) started decorating the tree last night and will post pictures upon completion.  Red and gold, it is! :)