Searching for a Christmas Tree

For many years, we had an artificial tree because I was worried about the cats getting sick by eating it. We've both been wanting a real tree for quite some time now so I did some research to see if there was something we could come up with. It looks like there are a few types that aren't toxic to our kitties so we set out to find one to bring home.

We stopped at our favorite garden center (mainly because they have a rescue dog that "works" there and they do fundraisers for the shelter but also because they are quite knowledgeable).

 After lots of touch tests to find the non-pokiest needles we still didn't feel satisfied.

So we decided to go home and think about it and we'll see what tomorrow brings.