New camera and Christmas decor!

So the day before we adopted Marlie (yes, we changed her name) my XT stopped working so I got it sent to Canon Canada and found out it'd cost $350 to fix! I ended up buying a Nikon D3000 rather than spend the money to get my beloved Rebel XT fixed. Even though we didn't really have the money to do it, I thought it was the smartest thing to do. I actually first bought a Rebel XS, one step up from the XT, because I thought that's what I should do since I already had a Canon. But I didn't like how noisy the flash popping up and the shutter was, plus the flash strobed in low light situations and I didn't like that, so I returned it. I went to my local camera store and asked if there was any other DSLR in that price range and he showed me the Nikon and I fell in love! It looks so much more expensive and professional than the XS does and it's a lot quieter, plus it doesn't strobe! I took some really nice photos of my Christmas decorations the other night along with my tripod and I think they turned out great!



I think that's about it from me this rainy November afternoon...my girls will be going with my ILs overnight tonight so I'm getting my eyebrows waxed later on, then Barry and I will be going out for supper (nowhere special) and to go see 2012!