Um, What Did I Just Wrap?
I've been a wrappin' fool the past few days.No, i'm not beat-boxing and rhyming, but yo shiz, I can work dat biz....(spitting profusely into my cupped hands).
Ooohkay....
So i've been wrapping presents, lots of them.
I have 3 rolls of paper that i'm alternating.
This post is so boring.
Tape, tape is good.
Scissors, yes you need those.
Labels, pen, bow. Done.
No, but wait.
Have you ever wrapped a present, taken care that you folded the sides in just right, and then it hits you!!
....you go to write in the TO: space and POOF! Just like that, you forget who the hell the present is for?!?
Or what it is!!!
Crap. Was that the perfume for Kim, or the lotion for Jessica, or the first season of Sex and the City for Lisa?
Do you unwrap and then re-wrap? Do you search the paper and check if you can see-through-it? Do you guess?
Today I wrapped and unwrapped. Dammit my first guess was right. Damn second-guessing-freak-mind!
December 17, 2008 at 4:27 AM
I did this exact same thing over and over labeling the kids gifts. I am so tid for tad with them, the packages are even the same size. Oh well, Missy B may very well open some stripped boxers. She'll know who it's for.
December 17, 2008 at 4:27 AM
That is y i just make out the label first! lol
December 17, 2008 at 4:35 AM
Glad to know I'm not the only one who's done that!
I've yet to get our gifts wrapped. More than likely... I'll end up doing them Christmas eve, after midnight... like normal, lol. ;o)
December 17, 2008 at 4:51 AM
LOL...I got nothing for you here. I don't think I've ever done that (whew)...but I think it would depend...i would check the others and do a process of elimination...or wait a while to see if I remember...
December 17, 2008 at 4:53 AM
I'm so sorry for laughing, but it's so good to know I'm not alone. This year I managed to do this 3 times! Thank God I'm done wrapping!!!
December 17, 2008 at 5:21 AM
I have done that soooo many times! Good to know I'm not alone :-)
December 17, 2008 at 6:35 AM
For some reason, this post reminded me of the time when my sister and I were kids and we were very into the Christmas spirit. We had already wrapped all of our gifts, but we really wanted to wrap more, so we started wrapping each other's stuffed animals and sticking them under the tree. Then we wrapped one of our little brother's stuffed animals. He was really ticked off on Christmas morning to open a gift and discover it was something that already belonged to him. Oops!
December 17, 2008 at 6:46 AM
LMBO! I hate when I do that!
December 17, 2008 at 6:53 AM
you are not the only one! I am always doing that....
December 17, 2008 at 7:03 AM
I did the same thing last night!!!
December 17, 2008 at 7:20 AM
I hate it when that happens. After having 8 concussions playing football, I have a tendency to forget a few things. So this is more the norm for my wrapping adventure.
December 17, 2008 at 7:40 AM
Yes, this is shit happens to me all the time. But, my mind doesn't work in December at all.
December 17, 2008 at 7:48 AM
Don't you hate that??? It's okay, it makes wrapping more interesting.....NOOOOT! This year I gave each child a different color. And I have a special, secret notebook that not even my hubby knows about. And I write down the gifts & mark it off when I wrap it. It's worked for me. Happy wrappin'!
December 17, 2008 at 7:55 AM
LMAO I can't say I'm done that. I'm a speed wrapper. I have to wrap a present before my kid sees it or he'll tell the person what I got them. LOL
December 17, 2008 at 8:11 AM
Boy you hit the nail on the head with this one Sista! This is too funny.
Unfortunately, I'm guilty of wrapping without name. (WWN)
Maybe we should start a support group or something!
December 17, 2008 at 8:13 AM
That's funny. I got books for both my Mom and Dad and when I wrapped them I couldn't figure out whose was whose. I figured they could open them together and then switch if it wasn't what they asked for :-)
December 17, 2008 at 8:20 AM
There was the year that my grandmother mixed up the gifts to my kiddies. Daughter got a science kit (she was 4) son got a necklace (he was 7). Personally, I unwrap the end...cursing all the while!
December 17, 2008 at 8:23 AM
Yeah... I haven't started wrapping yet- so you are way ahead of me , no matter how many times you have to wrap and unwrap!
December 17, 2008 at 8:48 AM
i can't tell you how many times i have done that!
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December 17, 2008 at 8:53 AM
I did that earlier this week...completely forgot which toy I just wrapped and which boy it was for...Yes, I unwrapped the end to peek.
December 17, 2008 at 9:03 AM
Lmao! That's too funny!
I would unwrap and then rewrap, too...lol!
December 17, 2008 at 9:15 AM
One of the reasons I don't wrap. I gift bag. Everything!
December 17, 2008 at 9:42 AM
You are already wrapping? You are sooo ahead of the game it's not even funny (or actually, thinking of you wrapping and wrapping is pretty funny) ;).
December 17, 2008 at 10:23 AM
HAHAHAHA
Ive done that...too many times to mention without looking like a loser!
December 17, 2008 at 10:44 AM
ok, Lisa gets 1st season of sex in the city and I get squat? ;)
December 17, 2008 at 11:31 AM
I have done that! You get into the wrapping ZONE and just blank out...
December 17, 2008 at 11:39 AM
No, I've never done anything like that before. Never!
December 17, 2008 at 12:20 PM
i have so done this before and it is sooo annoying, good luck with the rest of the wrapping:)
December 17, 2008 at 12:27 PM
You see - that is why I am all about the gift bags!
December 17, 2008 at 1:09 PM
and then the wasted pretty paper too...I guess that is when you need to take a break from wrapping or have a drink!
December 17, 2008 at 1:12 PM
I half unwrap and rewrap... and I do it all the time!
December 17, 2008 at 1:48 PM
I usually hide presents around the house and then I can't find them when I'm ready to wrap them. So I'll freak out for about 10 minutes and then remember that I wrapped them last week already.
December 17, 2008 at 2:15 PM
Oh yes, I am glad I am not the only one who ends up with surprise gifts:)
December 17, 2008 at 2:20 PM
yo, yo, shizzy,
yo makin me dizzy,
yo head is in the hizzy,
wrappin anna rappin
anna ain't you bein bizzy
I'm sorry, I just spit that out..good for you. you are making me look bad. This is the only rap or wrap I've done.
It's a good thing you are moderating the comments...you can totally wipe this one out...fo realz...yo
December 17, 2008 at 3:38 PM
I would have ripped a tiny part off and looked at the box, then smacked an extr bow over the tear. I HATE wrapping!
December 17, 2008 at 3:43 PM
I completely understand.
I recently walked in an Alzheimers fund raiser.
I told my kids I was walking for my future.
I was not kidding.
I am wrapping and unwrapping too.
I would like to thank you for writing this post.
I am glad to know I am not alone in my forgetful little world.
December 17, 2008 at 6:43 PM
its horrible - monotonous! but i love watching people open them!!!
December 17, 2008 at 6:45 PM
so funny! i've done the same thing and had to unwrap the whole gift! totally ticked me off!!!...lol
December 17, 2008 at 7:06 PM
The way I used to wrap presents was so bad, I never had to fill in the FROM part. They already knew.
Now, I use those nice Christmas bags. Because my wife said so.
December 17, 2008 at 8:21 PM
haha BTDT too.
This year there are no tags on the presents, since they are 99% for the kids anyway I decided to forgo tags.
They open them all anyway no matter who they are for! lol
December 17, 2008 at 10:06 PM
YES -- I've done that!
I'm so jealous that you're wrapping gifts. I don't have a SINGLE thing wrapped.
My mom, on the other hand, has everything wrapped. . . .and she uses a DIFFERENT PAPER FOR EACH PERSON! Ugh -- she started that when we were kids so we wouldn't know which gift belonged to which person (she leaves the labels off). SO frustrating for someone who like to surmise what she's being given!
December 17, 2008 at 10:56 PM
Yo I always be doin that, for realz! I am partial to the process of elimination technique... but I'm pretty sure that bit me in the butt once or twice.
December 18, 2008 at 2:28 AM
OMG I do that all the freaking time. It's so annoying. I feel your pain Jen-LOL.
December 18, 2008 at 2:56 AM
Gift bags, girlfriend. You can peek inside, no wrapping needed and you can reuse them. And I'm the laziest wrapper ever so they work for me!
December 18, 2008 at 6:38 AM
I do that constantly. I know the impotance of giving the right gift to the right person.
True story: A baby pulled off all the tags of the gifts under the tree. The mom could figure out most of them. But when she saw her mom open the small thin box that held a keychain that said "Odessa", she knew Odessa was wearing a new gold watch. Odessa was the house keeper. A well dressed house keeper now. Yep.
December 18, 2008 at 12:31 PM
Ha! Glad I'm not the only one who does that! I'm an "unwrapper-rewrapper", too. Damn short term memory.
My cool purchase this year? That fancy little 3M cutter thing. RAWKS my socks! (Oh, that and wine. Got to have wine while I wrap!)
December 18, 2008 at 1:46 PM
LOL probably silly, but I always buy a different wrap for each person, that way the brain fart doesn't hit me.
December 18, 2008 at 3:40 PM
I needed this laugh today, It has happened to everyone I'm sure!
Have a great day!
December 20, 2008 at 5:17 PM
haha! That's why I just get everyone the same thing!
December 20, 2008 at 6:49 PM
This used to happen to me all the time. Now I make out the tags first & I hope I don't accidentally wrap them (yep, it's happened)
December 22, 2008 at 11:03 AM
welcome to my world.
I swear I go through so much tape and wrapping paper because I am a dumbass.
December 23, 2008 at 2:59 PM
HA, HA, HA... Yep, this year is worse for me. Been there done that!