Oops!...I Did It Again

There's something wrong with me. (If you're one of my contemporaries, you're probably saying, "Yeah, there is! Wonder which thing she's going to talk about?")

Well, I'll tell ya. I am a raging wrapaholic. I have the largest, most wonderful stash of luscious ribbon and wrapping paper you could shake a pair of scissors at, but I cannot resist the stuff when it's on sale after the holidays.

Not only that, I'm not using it up at the rate I used to. As the kids in our family got bigger and bigger, their presents got smaller and smaller. Like down to the size of gift cards and iTouches. Things I could wrap in a sheet of printer paper. Where's the challenge in that? I'm an artist with a shrinking canvas.

I blame Target. And Hobby Lobby. And CVS. And every other store that sees me coming, and encourages their salespeople to nudge their provocative 75% off displays closer to my line of vision. It's certainly not my fault that I ended up with four more reels of wired ribbon yesterday (hey - I've never seen white with candy-cane binding, or hot pink with art deco circles) and some fabulous rolls of paper (you know I only buy them because I need the cardboard inside).

Yes, I did it again. And I'll do it again. And again. But I'm safe now for another year. Whew. Now let's put a bow on this and close the subject. (What? You need a bow? I have just the right ribbon!)

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