monday's mulling: i drive myself nuts

Saturday was the marathon Christmas present wrapping day. I had lots of boxes to wrap and not enough paper to complete the job. Last year Todd gave the "suggestion" not to buy any more wrapping paper until the current supply was done. I got a few presents wrapped, quickly realized more paper was needed, stopped the present wrapping momentum to go out and buy a few more rolls of paper, one being a red and black buffalo check which looks really pretty on the roll but turned into a royal pain in the patooty when it came to wrapping.

You see, I am one of those who likes lines and patterns to line up. And yes, I could have just wrapped the presents knowing that the paper would be ripped off in seconds and no one would notice the mismatched lines, but NOOOOO. I spent more time than I should have making sure the patterns met.

Not quite lined up but close enough. I gave myself a little grace...this is the underside.

The damn box is crooked! Someone did a poor job of taping it together.

Why I chose this paper to wrap biggest present, I have no idea. It needed extra to cover the ends, too. Yeah, it took over 30 minutes to finish but this became a challenge, one that I was going to conquer!