So, I finally got the tree decorated. This took a little longer than usual this year, because apparently I altered my lighting technique. When i first purchased my 6 foot faux tree, I also bought the recommended number of lights, which at this point was 500. The first year I assemble my tree, it looked lovely with it’s twinkling blue lights. WEll, the next time I assembled the tree, the lights didn’t make it all the way to the top. so I had to run out and get another string of blue twinkle lights before I was able to move on to ornamentation. Again, lovely tree. Last year, once again, I didn’t make it all the way to the top with my existing 600 lights. So, yet another string was purchased. The day after Christmas, G went out and purchased two more strings of lights. He figured that when I put up the tree this year, we would be all set. I was happy that I wouldn’t have to make another trip out, and could get the tree done in one day.
So, I pull out the tree, the lights the ornaments. I start lighting the tree. I got halfway up the tree with the number of lights I had in the house, including those that had never been used before. So, on my way home from work the next day, I stopped and picked up 4 more strings of lights. Not even close. I had G pick up two more on his way home. Didn’t do it. It took another two strings. Which brings us to a grand total of 1700 lights on the tree. A six foot tree. It could use another 50, but I only have another string of 100. That would be overkill.