Christmas

[maplemood]

It's almost here and I've bought exactly one gift so far. On the bright side, all my assignments are turned in, all my final exams (I didn't have any actual exams this year, just exam times where I came in to listen to presentations) have been sat through, and everything else I needed to do is done, so the next week should be mostly free and should (fingers crossed) give me enough time to put some thought into choosing gifts for everyone else. Also, I should probably buy cards. And wrapping paper, even though I'm pretty terrible at wrapping gifts and gift bags would probably be better. But it's just so much more Christmassy to rip into a wrapped package...and anyway, wrapping is (at least for me) the kind of skill that I feel irrationally bad about not having, so I might as well practice.

Comments

[thisbluespirit]

Aw, good luck with it! And I'm not very good at wrapping, but frankly, as long as it's covered in some sort of appropriate paper, people have nothing to complain about! (I have more than one friend who wraps with string and old paper.)

[maplemood]

That's what I've been telling myself--I'm lucky enough that most of my family really isn't picky about that kind of thing, but I'd like to see if I can improve at least a little bit this year. :)

[cmcmck]

I'm working up to it in the usual frenzy of apathy.........

[maplemood]

"Frenzy of apathy" is the perfect phrase for it--it's like, I know that I need to do this, and I WILL do this...but maybe not today. And maybe not tomorrow, either...

[sholio]

I was The Actual Worst at wrapping presents for a long time, but I decided I wanted to make them look a little nicer and looked up some "how to wrap gifts" websites and videos, and that helped a lot, especially with things like making nice crisp corners. I mean, they're never going to be Martha Stewart quality, but just a few little basic tips made a big difference. I don't think my family cares at all, but I care. XD

[maplemood]

I've been looking up tutorials, too, so hopefully those will help a bit--it's the same with me; I'm sure my family doesn't really care but I do. And it's a pretty minor thing, in the grand scheme of everything, but I do feel like it shows, right from the get-go, that you put in some effort, so I need to just...put in the effort. :)