OK, so I am probably like a lot of others out there that don't get around to wrapping Christmas presents until the last possible minute. I always start out thinking I will wrap them as I buy them, but that never seems to happen.
So it was Christmas Eve and I had just started to assemble everything I needed. Scissors, tape, name tags, ribbon, gift bags (oh, where would we be without gift bags?!) and, of course, wrapping paper.
I like wrapping presents more than just sticking them in a gift bag, but that is why they were invented, right? To make it easier to wrap those things that are hard to disguise, hard to wrap, or for those of us that wait until the last moment!
I had bought a multi-pack of wrapping paper a few weeks earlier and since I wait (got that now right?) that paper was already open so I didn't have to remove the wrapping that would have told me about the wondrous surprise awaiting me! This was no ordinary wrapping paper. Yes, it was pretty and sturdy and plenty long, but...BUT, there was something about this paper I had never seen before. It had a graph-like design on the back. Yup, perfectly straight lines to assist those of us that tend to whack a length off and try to make up for less that perfect cutting with tape and creative folding.
I was so impressed with my find that I left the sewing room (wrapping room for the season) and went to tell my elder daughter how pleased I was with this paper. Apparently, we have had paper like this before. She told me so. She didn't discount the design, but it wasn't new. Oh well, new or not, I was pleased. Am pleased. From now on when I buy wrapping paper I will not just grab whatever looks pretty, but I will look for whatever clue I missed this time out and be sure to get the paper with the helpful cutting graph on the reverse.
Sometimes, just sometimes, it is the little things!
The Hopeful Romantic
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