This past Sunday was the second Sunday of advent, which means there are only two more weeks of gift shopping and festivities until Christmas Day. I have almost completed my shopping. There are just a few more things to pick up and then it's time to start wrapping. Wrapping presents is one of my favorite things to do this time of year. I love coming up with a theme and color scheme and then wrapping and decorating each gift in a fun, unique design. Everything from the wrapping paper itself to the ribbons and gift tags are all just as important as the gifts inside as far as I'm concerned and it is probably my favorite part of gift giving. If I'm ever "forced" to wrap something quickly or borrow paper and supplies that are not my own, it pains me just a little to give that gift away, knowing it wasn't especially selected by me and properly represented. Silly, I know, but it is still an important part of the gift wrap process to me.
So what will my style and theme be this year? Well, fortunately or unfortunately, depending on how you see it, I may have a few different styles this year. You see, we have already delivered most of the gifts to our Texas family during our recent fall trip and I used up all of my natural brown paper with red hearts, which I had planned to use for all of my packages this year. Fortunately I have found some other really fun wrapping papper and ribbon to package the remaining gifts for our friends and family in Sweden. So our Texas family will have one style and our Swedish family will have another style. Then I may do a completely different style for all of my husbands presents. Why, you may ask? Mostly because I came across some other wrapping paper and gift decorations that I just could not live without.
Oh... the joys of Christmas gift wrapping! I will be sure to post some photos later once I have some samples to show. Until then... happy gift shopping and happy gift wrapping!
How do you usually wrap your gifts? Do you like traditional designs? modern designs? crazy, fun, whimsical designs?
Happy Tuesday!
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Day 297: Checking Off My To-Do Lists
Checking things off to-do lists is one of my greatest pleasures. Especially when it has to do with buying presents for friends and family. I know I've already mentioned before the thrill I get when I discover an awesome gift that I think the receiver will love but it's worth mentioning again. It makes me bubble over with excitement and joy. I wonder if there's a way to bottle and sell this joy? There is no doubt that I could make a million dollars.
So why does it give me such joy to give presents? I don't really know what the tipping point was that caused me like giving gifts more than receiving them. Don't get me wrong, I still love presents but I find myself slightly more excited these days to give a present than the other way around. I love to see a smile light up my loved one's face when they are equally, if not more, excited by their present.
Today I ran out during my lunchbreak to get a few more things checked off of my list. It was a successful mission, thanks to the blue subway line being up and running again. It takes a fraction of the time to take the blue line two stops than it does to take the bus or the green line. So I was a happy camper when the blue line started running again between my work stop and central station yesterday. We are taking a trip on Thursday and I can happily say that as of today I have purchased everything that I need in order to feel good about the presents that will accompany us.
It feels great to now be able to concentrate on other aspects of packing and trip preparing. After work I picked up some almond butter for sandwiches and a few snacks to have for an airplane picnic. You never know what the airplane food is going to be like and it's just always good to be prepared with a few comforts from home. Plus, who doesn't love a picnic? And on the airplane while watching movies? It practically ensures awesomeness for the fourteen plus hours of traveling and layovers. Just one more day until departure!
So why does it give me such joy to give presents? I don't really know what the tipping point was that caused me like giving gifts more than receiving them. Don't get me wrong, I still love presents but I find myself slightly more excited these days to give a present than the other way around. I love to see a smile light up my loved one's face when they are equally, if not more, excited by their present.
Today I ran out during my lunchbreak to get a few more things checked off of my list. It was a successful mission, thanks to the blue subway line being up and running again. It takes a fraction of the time to take the blue line two stops than it does to take the bus or the green line. So I was a happy camper when the blue line started running again between my work stop and central station yesterday. We are taking a trip on Thursday and I can happily say that as of today I have purchased everything that I need in order to feel good about the presents that will accompany us.
It feels great to now be able to concentrate on other aspects of packing and trip preparing. After work I picked up some almond butter for sandwiches and a few snacks to have for an airplane picnic. You never know what the airplane food is going to be like and it's just always good to be prepared with a few comforts from home. Plus, who doesn't love a picnic? And on the airplane while watching movies? It practically ensures awesomeness for the fourteen plus hours of traveling and layovers. Just one more day until departure!
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