W.O.F. 41 - and C.O.S. 1

Haven't sat down to the laptop since Thursday - Weird Object Friday totally got by me this week. Went to work at crack of dawn yesterday, came home, shoveled dinner down the gullet, then off to the retail world for some serious shoppage. It was a wise choice to get some of the necessary consumerism out of the way last night rather than today or tomorrow- places like Penneys stayed open til midnight and they were pretty much empty by 11:00, making for good, efficient shopping. Plus, we are not the types to get up at 3:30 on "Black Friday" and brave the crazies - we'd rather be dodging the floor waxing machine at Meijer at 1:00 a.m. as we wrap up for the night. Apologies to the crazies among you who prefer the early wake-up. To each their own.

Then today has been a busy time as well. So the best I can do for a "Weird Object Friday" -24 hours late - is that age old question. What if aliens visited earth this time of year - what would they make of people driving around with dead conifers in their trunks and pickup beds - then taking them inside their homes, stringing them with lights, and singing to them? So my weird object is the dead conifer, one of which we picked up just today. We still do the "real tree" thing, even with the kids gone. Just can't shake these habits. Plus, it does give the living room a nice, piney aroma.

I'm hoping the "American-made car"
does not soon become a "weird object"!

And just because I am so tardy, I will add a "cool object Saturday", although I am not advocating that groups of us start posting cool objects every Saturday. Anyhow, Linda made this (below) with a group last week - it's a glass block with a bunch of lights smashed in the hollow middle and a big ol' bow. I thought it looked kinda cool.
Hope your seasonal fun is not getting too hectic! I think that now, with a Christmas tree in the house and a decent percentage of shopping under our belts, we are now in the spirit of things.