Christmas Tree Lighting

 One of the main reasons we purchased a 

home in WaKeeney was because of its

small town "Hallmark" qualities.

Including an annual Christmas Tree Lighting.

And this weekend was IT!

We went to the Christmas Bazaar

held at the fairgrounds and across

the street at the high school gym.

I wanted to purchase this SO BADLY!

Adorable snowmen made out of

bedspreads!!!!

So cute!

And so nostalgic!

But both Mom and I live in tiny places

with really NO MORE room for "stuff".

Boy, it was tempting though!

(especially since this was their last show

for the year and they marked everything

down by $5!)

I resisted though.

Instead I got some other cute little gifts

for others and talked to the town butcher

and put in a request for a 1/4 beef for the freezer.

Our friends Dave & Mary from the market

were there so I bought a couple of cute

little baskets made from tin cans 

to give in our YW Secret Santa this month.

Aren't they cute?

She does such fun things...

All I REALLY wanted was some fun

Christmas earrings to add to my collection.

(My Santa from last year lost his beard!)

These were pricier than I wanted, 

but "support the locals"...

We also bought a couple bars of really

wonderful smelling soap!

The hemp, honey, marigold is my favorite.

In the middle is lemon / poppyseed.

It smells delightfully lemony.

And Kyle already broke into the lavender mint.

He loves lavender. 

I'm not a big fan... but he likes it.

We also got some local honey.

YUM!

I'm having a piece of toast with butter and honey

for breakfast this morning.

Later in the day we got all 

bundled up!

It was in the 30's....

(I'm squinting cuz I took off my glasses

and I couldn't SEE anything! haha)

We headed to the town square

with a bunch of other folks

for the tree lighting.

EVERYBODY was there!

We wandered up and down main street for a bit

while we waited for Santa to arrive.

He came by police car, since his reindeer

were busy eating.

We stopped in at the HomeTown Bakery

and got a couple cinnamon rolls to eat

while we strolled.

Talk about sugar coma!

They were yummy though.

We got back to the square just in time to hear

the high school band regale us with a couple

of caroles (there was a choir singing earlier....)

and then...

Ta Da!!!

If you zoom in on the banks sign

it was 6:14 pm and 35 degrees.

But there was NO WIND so it was

actually quite pleasant.

It was fun!

And I'm glad we were there!

Now.....

Let the festivities begin!