Christmas is all around

It isn't quite christmas yet at our nest - i didn't get the boxes down.  i've started decorating our new nest in my minds eye - what i would like is a deep purple and silver theme.  i wonder what it would take to pull that off in one week's time?  hmmmm.  i've never been a home decorater, like some of my friends, at christmas.  i think what stopped me was being tight with money - i always take hand-me-downs from my mom, we make ornaments for the tree (i consider our years of homemade ornaments a journal of sorts - what happened, what year, what we were into at that time) and we always get a fresh tree, fresh wreaths, and fresh garlands - the smell is too good. But this year i'm dreaming in purple and silver.