Preparatory to the first round of Christmas gift wrapping, I am scrabbling about in various boxes, bags and bindles inventorying the supplies on hand and evaluating what might need to be purchased.
Mumbling half to myself, half to Alan: I don't understand this. I thought I had wrapping paper left over from last year but I'm not finding any of it.
Alan comes in and says: Here it is. [lifting an unopened roll out of this fantastic, wonderful golf-bag size/style contraption he bought me to store rolls of wrapping paper, with compartments for bows, ribbons, tissue and labels. I love that thing.]
Me: No, that's from year before last. Last year's was black too but it had turquoise blue swirls and silver snowflakes. I'm certain we had some left over.
Alan: Maybe it's in the craft closet.
Me [with my arms full of other necessities]: Would you mind going to look, please?
Alan [re-entering the den]: Damn, sweetie, how much of this crap did you buy???
Me: Quite a lot, apparently.
Mumbling half to myself, half to Alan: I don't understand this. I thought I had wrapping paper left over from last year but I'm not finding any of it.
Alan comes in and says: Here it is. [lifting an unopened roll out of this fantastic, wonderful golf-bag size/style contraption he bought me to store rolls of wrapping paper, with compartments for bows, ribbons, tissue and labels. I love that thing.]
Me: No, that's from year before last. Last year's was black too but it had turquoise blue swirls and silver snowflakes. I'm certain we had some left over.
Alan: Maybe it's in the craft closet.
Me [with my arms full of other necessities]: Would you mind going to look, please?
Alan [re-entering the den]: Damn, sweetie, how much of this crap did you buy???
Me: Quite a lot, apparently.
2 Comments:
You may be like me, thinking you don't have ANY paper so better stock up. Then you come home and find a whole back full from last year purchased under the same situation. Sigh.
I'm not buying any gift wrapping now, AT ALL. Well, maybe some bows. I don't have any bows. Oh, and I need a really large bag.
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Anonymous, at 9:06 PM
Half the pleasure of your gifts is seeing the lovely wrappings. Keep buying!
mom
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Anonymous, at 12:37 PM
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