My Husband is Serious Business

Despite the wind blizzard in Chicago yesterday the hubs and I went out to get a tree. Typically we cut down our own but with not getting into our house till late and the negative windchill that have been keeping us inside, we figured this year we may have to buy one already cut down ::sad trombone::

We went to a few places to find the pickings very slim. We found some too short and some that looked like Charlie browns tree (which we may go back and get one of those too since really all trees need love right?) We finally found a tree that looked full and had branches from the top to the bottom. We had measured the tree and knew we needed exactly 1 foot cut off by the time we added the stand to the tree. We asked the guy to cut off a foot but we're pretty sure he didn't cut it. How can we tell? Check it:

This is our "Griswold" Christmas tree of 2010. The 9ft tree we will never forget (especially when we have to paint the ceiling in the spring).