Today Todd and I got into the non-denominational holiday spirit, somewhat by accident. When I woke up, I used the toilet as most people do. Problem was, the toilet didn't flush, the water kept running. I yelled to Todd, wake up, put some clothes on because we had to go buy a plunger before we were swimming in toilet water.

Frantically we rushed out the door before we realized, we didn't know where to go! We assessed our options, being new to town, we still don't really know where everything is. I mean, where does somebody get a plunger? I don't know where any hardware stores are. We decided Meijer would be our best bet. The closest Meijer, 8 miles away on the express way.

While we were in Meijer, and our apartment was filling with toilet water, we decided to pick up a fake Christmas tree. We stopped by Target as well where we picked up a tree for, wait for it, $12! Hell yeah clearance! It is 6 feet tall, which looks tiny in out apartment with tall ceilings. Todd didn't like any of the star tree toppers at Target and picked out a white bird ornament to top our tree. Umm, I guess it works.

When we got home, we defied gender roles by having me plunge the toilet and Todd put up the tree.

Todd pulled the "branches" away from the "trunk" of the tree and commented that "it didn't look this sparce in the store." Um, honey, that's because you need to pull the branches apart even more. We decorated it together with the ornaments from our childhood. It looks great! I am so happy to have such a lovely Holiday Spruce.

Todd started to get ambitious and put up all sorts of decorations. He wound tacky silver garland on our staircase handrail. He put out a snowman candle from his Mom and a Peanuts Christmas display as well. It looks so festive!

I was supposed to meet a friend for lunch downtown. I could have walked, it was only about 7 blocks away. However, it was cold and I've been a bit jumpy since earlier this week a woman was robbed and raped at gunpoint in broad daylight ONE BLOCK away from my apartment and only 15 minutes before I walked past that EXACT SPOT.

I shouldn't have driven because there was a home football game today. (Who Dey?) There was NO PARKING anywhere. I drove around for 30 minutes until I parked illegally and ran to the restraunt. My friend wasn't there. I thought she might be having a problem with parking as well, so I waited out front so if she drove past she would see me. This really scary, toothless guy started to approach me, yelling nonsensically about football. He got really close to me and he was clearly drunk. Then he grabbed my arm, right near my purse and I gave him the stone face of death and yelled, "DO NOT TOUCH ME, PLEASE!" I was ready to fight, and he could tell. He left me alone.

Turns out, my friend didn't fall asleep until 4am last night and overslept for our lunchdate. So I had all afternoon to do something. When I came back the apartment, I was feeling so festive that I made peanut butter cookies and sugar cut-out cookies. (By scratch!) I am going to make a few more types and wrap them up to give to my neighbors. I'm so domestic!