It is no secret that I often have vivid, imaginative dreams that involve escapades, imaginary creatures, and alternate-dream-world-locations of real world places I’ve lived/loved/visited. I often wake up remembering bits of dreams, I’ve been known to talk in my sleep, and for the most part my dreams are pleasant enough that it isn’t a problem.

Every now & again though I have a dream that really sticks with me because it was either quite scary (the witch + chocolate mayonnaise + creepy cottage in which my girl scout troop was held hostage dream from 3rd grade will never dissipate) or sad- I often dream of college, and empty dorms and I wake up longing for my friends and memories of those years. (Oddly enough I never have sad dreams about missing law school….)

Sometimes though, a dream sticks with me because it is downright ridiculous. Case in point, the dream I had Saturday night. Saturday was spent decorating our Christmas tree, making a lovely post-Thanksgiving dinner for two, and an evening run to Target for stocking hangers & to peruse the tree-topper & ribbon section, of which we found nothing we liked. (We did however find stocking hangers after much debate & disagreement over which ones should be purchased. Married life, FTW! What a fascinating Saturday evening!) Saturday night I went to bed and had a dream in which I was searching for the perfect Christmas tree topper.

Finding no suitable topper (I’m not into angels, the stars I keep finding are covered in glitter & sequins, and I can’t find any ribbon to make a bow with that isn’t garish or off-colored or just wrong) dreamyDaisy finds an article in a homemaking magazine regarding do-it-yourself tree toppers. The one I selected (and made) was three easy steps:

1. Purchase a red cabbage, to scale for your tree & use your drill (B just got a new one, oh happy day!) to drill out a hole the size of the top branch of your tree.

2. Boil 6 cups of water with 6 cups of sugar – once at a boil, dip the cabbage completely for 2 minutes, until completely coated. Remove, place on a baking rack & allow to dry & crystallize.

3.  Voila! A gorgeous, deep purple, crystalized cabbage, perfect for placing atop your tree to sparkle through the season.

In other news, I’ve gone plum crazy.

And Martha Stewart needs to watch her back.