[Sherri]

I have looked everywhere in the area for the kind of tree that I want at an affordable price. I have never bought a tree before, as the first two years we were married, we chopped one down. Then an older saint in Memphis gave us an old used one that we had for years. Then I won one (cheap one) at a party that we had for a long time. I finally bought a used pre-lit one from my MIL a few years back for $75, and now some of the lights have gone out and it's really too big. I had no idea that new pre-lit trees were so expensive!! I'm such a cheapskate.

I want a 9 ft. slim/pencil tree. The cheapest one I've found that looks decent is at KMart and I guess I'll go back and get it, even though it's on sale for $250. That just sounds like a lot of money, but I guess after 30 years of marriage, it's not too bad of an investment.

I have looked at Trees N Trends, Home Depot, Garden Ridge, Target, KMart, Walmart, Penneys, Sears, and Macy's. I've seen WAY too many trees for one year. I even saw an all black one, that I loved, but I'm afraid after a couple of years, I would be saying, "What in the world was I thinking????"