Rockin Around the Christmas Tree

I'm liking my Christmas Tree a little more this year than last year, it needed a little more "razzle dazzle." Last year we only had it up for 2 weeks so I chose not to get any new Christmas decor. This year however, I feel much more motivated. I still need more glittery-lime ribbon for garland and more sparkly gold stuff on top and throughout the tree, but this is a fairly decent improvement from last year. It seems like we must have broken a lot of ornaments last year too, as there isn't as many, and there are no ornaments on the back of the tree (but just don't look back there, ok?:-) I admit I'm still enjoy the traditional red/green/gold color scheme, mainly because I'm stickin with the "use what I've got" mentality. So here's a little tree comparison from last year.

2008:

(I had to put this pic in to remind me of what I used to look like before this giant Buddha belly. I will only be round and pregnant for a few more weeks:-)

2009: This is looking better with the bow and sparkly topper I made. I want to get more, but I think Micheal's may have run out. (Note to self-- buy more all at once next year!)

I put some of my ornaments in these acpocothey (sp??) jars, which look nice, but I can't decide if I want to put them back on the tree to fill it up.