Me, the Tree, and Swiss Colony

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Having declared the old tree to be mostly dead, we disassembled it and stuffed it into the broken box. It doesn't fit, because trees never go back into the neat, tiny boxes they come in. And we swept up another pile of shed fake pine needles. I have had real trees that didn't shed as much as that artificial tree. There's no money for new trees, but I did note that Walmart had reduced the price of it's $20 tree to $14.88. I quickly bought it before they sold out, ordering it online for pickup at the store. The Girl wondered how anything calling itself a tree could fit in that very small and narrow box. And this morning, with only half a cup of coffee in me and the sun not yet risen, I decided to find out. So I set up the tree. It's actually a very nice-looking tree. It's a bit narrower than the other, but that's a good thing. It will fit in the space better than the other. It's also pretty full and actually looks more like a real tree than the other one did. For less than $15, I should buy several of these trees and put them in a closet. I would have trees for life, even if they only last one or two seasons. I did have to buy lights, but that means I was able to keep the lights to three basic seasonal colors - red, green, white. No freakish pink lights anymore! Yay! Pink is just so not right for Christmas. Now, if only I can keep myself away from the Swiss Colony catalogue for one more day. Then it will be too late to go into debt over spicy meats, cheeses, chocolates, nuts and marzipan delivered to my door. Has anyone else ever ordered gift baskets, etc., from Swiss Colony? Is it worth the high price?