Meg,we do the same thing here..and it is fun shopping for ornaments each year..
A good friend sent me an ornament that you plug into your twinkle lights..and it is a lighthouse that blinks..nice and slow..so cool! It was a Hallmark one from years ago!
Not sure when we will get our tree up..I moved my sewing machine and table out of the "tree area"...and now I want to clean some before I drag out more stuff. Wax the floors and so on..also dust things! yikes!!
I wanted to buy a slim tree this year and I guess I am the only one that likes them..so I was out voted! lol
Hugs, janet