after christmas shopping

The holidays are over and we got rid of our tree yesterday. It was hard saying goodbye because it was our first one but hey it's only 335 more days until next Christmas...

Of course you can score the best deals on holiday decorations after the holidays. Picked up these wooden trees and snowflakes at The Container Store for 75% less.

And some ornaments at Urban Outfitters, a three pack of matryoshkas/babushkas and a six pack of mini donuts. Hmmmm donuts!

christmas lights

We went to see a movie in Manhattan on Saturday and after the show was over we strolled down 5th Avenue to check out the Christmas decorations and lights. The star above the intersection of 5th Ave and 57th street is my favourite.

christmas presents

The summer of 2009 we visited Chicago for a weekend. Of course we had to go to the Skydeck of Willis Tower (Sears Tower) to check out the view. They were selling Lego models at the gift store and of course I was to cheap to spend $20 on it. But guess what Santa brought me this year? Yes, the Lego model! It took about 5 minutes to build because it only has 69 pieces.

For whatever reasons I didn't take a picture of the tower itself but here you can enjoy the view from the glass ledge 1,353 feet above the ground. So scary!