So are you done wrapping?

[Nakia]

I haven't started wrapping. I hate wrapping. If I could afford to, I would hire someone to wrap the gifts for me. And I don't even have that many to wrap. Our Christmas gift list is short. But.I.just.don't.like.wrapping.

[1bassoon]

:banghead:

 

 

Nakia, don't you mean, are you done SHOPPING?

 

Some of us just started last night.

 

I'm just sayin'. ;)

[BeckyFL]

Me too and I am NOT done. Maybe if you wrap mine, I could wrap yours and then we don't have to wrap our presents. Will that confuse us enough to make us think it's OK?

[Nakia]

:banghead:

 

 

Nakia, don't you mean, are you done SHOPPING?

 

Some of us just started last night.

 

I'm just sayin'. ;)

 

Nah, there's another on that. :lol:

 

Me too and I am NOT done. Maybe if you wrap mine, I could wrap yours and then we don't have to wrap our presents. Will that confuse us enough to make us think it's OK?

 

Hmmm...how many do you have to wrap? If it's less than 10, you might have yourself a deal. ;)

[Gratia271]

Done..... now to overhaul home and prepare for 30 dinner guests.... don't know when that will get done.

[MamaAkins]

I have about 4 more presents to wrap and that's just because I don't have the right size boxes!

 

Seriously, do you have a tween-aged girl in your neighborhood or church? Most girls (or maybe even boys) are into wrapping presents! I paid my 13 year old a few dollars to help get all of our gifts wrapped! We had fun and she earned a little money for purchasing gifts for her friends and siblings!

[Sherry in OH]

No. We're traveling this year. I'll take the paper and the gifts and wrap once we arrive. I'll probably wrap my mother's gifts as well. She hates wrapping.

[Tap]

Everything that is in the house is wrapped. I have a few more presents coming that still need to be wrapped.

[k2bdeutmeyer]

I wish, because now with a broken wrist, I can't. Ugh.

[Jen in PA]

I used to detest wrapping, but I think that's because it would turn into a long, rushed event. Now I wrap a few each day, and don't mind so much. Since we do Hanukkah and Christmas and had to be ready for one so early this year, I just went ahead and did all of it in November..... Of course, I have to dust the presents now that they are wrapped and under the tree, which does seem a bit absurd.

[plain jane]

I actually enjoy wrapping. :o I dunno what it is but something about it makes me smile. I tend to think about the joy on the kids' faces when they open each gift and I do love giving a good surprise. :)

 

That said, I haven't even started my wrapping and I have a *ton* of it to do. :svengo: I usually enlist dh's help, more for the company than the actual help but he doesn't enjoy it as much as I do. :rolleyes:

 

Now... going out and buying the wrapping paper? I don't enjoy that part as much. I obsess about getting it at a good price and finding patterns the kids will like. We also wrap Santa gifts so I need to find special "Santa" paper that doesn't scream "mommy picked this out" but isn't too cheesy. Plus, for me there needs to be a good variety of wrapping paper under the tree so I need to make sure I get a good selection of paper. :001_huh: That part gets tedious so for me, the wrapping is the easy stuff. :lol:

[LarlaB]

No, but I DO have paper, bows, bags & tissue....so that's half the battle. ;) I only need a bottle of Riesling and I'm set.

[Plucky]

I'm not big on wrapping either. I wrap as I get the present if I can. Right now all the presents in the house are wrapped. They are stacked against a wall in my bedroom. The kids come in and ooh and ahh at them. I refuse to put them under the tree because they shake them and guess what they are.

[KrissiK]

No. I haven't even begun wrapping. I'm not even done shopping! Aaaack! We are taking a day off school today and going shopping because I'm tired of being stressed out.

[RoughCollie]

I like wrapping, but I haven't had time to do it yet.

[sonsmama]

Isn't that what gift bags are for? I am done! (Not that I had that much to do):lol:

[danybug]

I am all done wrapping! I had to wrap gifts we bought for two children in need, so I took advantage of it and just kept wrapping and wrapping. That way the kids did not try and spy on me!

[6packofun]

Heck no! It's a tradition that dh and I stay up late watching a fun movie and eating goodies while we wrap gifts and talk about our kiddos. LOL

[Princess Peach]

I haven't started wrapping yet. I guess I need to get to that, huh?

[2cents]

We are done wrapping!! Yippee! The presents are under the tree too. We waited until the last minute last year and it seemed like such a waste to wrap because they were unwrapped so soon. I decided that wasn't going to happen this year.

[EarleneW]

I'm done shopping......I think. :) Haven't even started wrapping!

[mellifera]

I haven't even started yet. I got 'til Christmas Eve, right?;)

[astrid]

I haven't started wrapping. I hate wrapping. If I could afford to, I would hire someone to wrap the gifts for me. And I don't even have that many to wrap. Our Christmas gift list is short. But.I.just.don't.like.wrapping.

 

OMG Nakia I am right there with you!! I HATE wrapping! HATE IT! And it's the only thing I put off; I"m generally doing it at midnight on Christmas Eve. Every year I tell myself I won't leave the wrapping until the last minute, and every year I do.

 

UGH.

 

astrid

[Matryoshka]

:smilielol5::smilielol5: That's hilarious... done wrapping! Hard to do when I haven't even started shopping yet! :smilielol5::smilielol5:

[mom4him]

Done shopping but haven't started wrapping. Hopefully I will get started today.

I used to dread it but my two youngest have gotten old enough that they really do help and we enjoy it together. It is fun to see their enthusiasm that just seems to go on forever.:001_smile:

[Starr]

I love on line shopping. Now the aunts and uncles order the presents and I get to wrap everything. :tongue_smilie:

[KristineinKS]

I'm done wrapping everything that's here - we still have gifts on the way though. I absolutely HATE wrapping too, so this year I've been forcing myself to wrap things as I buy them, or a few gifts each day.

[Guest Katia]

Everything that is in the house is wrapped. I have a few more presents coming that still need to be wrapped.

 

This is exactly where I am at. I spent the entire day yesterday wrapping...and, Nakia, I am right with you on the wrapping thing. I HATE it!

 

But, dh is out-of-town for work this week, and the kids don't get home from college until the weekend.........so this was the opportune time to wrap. I got out everything and stacked it on the table, then just took my good-ole time, making sure to take plenty of breaks.

 

It was soooo much easier than holing myself up in my room on Christmas Eve all.day.long. while stressing that I had so many other things to do. Honestly, I would pay someone big buck to wrap as well. Dh used to do it every year, now he finds excuses not to. Bummer.

 

And, whoever it was that said gift bags were great: I TOTALLY agree with that!! I found a set of amazingly beautiful gift bags at Sam's Club this year and it made my 'wrapping' much more enjoyable. I'll be doing more of that in the future.

[bluemongoose]

Yep, I was done shopping and wrapped the first week of Nov for Christmas and my kids birthdays (they have Dec/Jan birthdays). It is my annual holiday goal to beat Thanksgiving!:001_smile:

[Baseball mom]

Wrapping bawhahahaha :rofl: I need to finish shopping :eek:

[ThatCyndiGirl]

I LOVE wrapping gifts! I save it for a night closer to Christmas. I put on a xmas movie (usually A Christmas Story or Christmas Vacation) and drink hot chocolate and eat cookies and wrap,wrap,wrap!

[OregonNative]

I haven't started yet. I did nearly all of our shopping online and the boxes are all at DH's office. I don't like wrapping either and I have quite a bit to do (just little things tho). Some years I've just done gift bags:tongue_smilie:

[OregonNative]

I LOVE wrapping gifts! I save it for a night closer to Christmas. I put on a xmas movie (usually A Christmas Story or Christmas Vacation) and drink hot chocolate and eat cookies and wrap,wrap,wrap!

Now this sounds lovely! BTW, I LOVE your signatures!! I may try the closet one:001_smile:

[FriedClams]

rapping, yes

 

wrapping, no

[jenn-]

We are using cloth gift bags this year. Most of the gifts have been stuffed into one at this point. I am just waiting for the last of the gifts to arrive to make sure I have the right sized bags.

[Robin M]

Wrapping??? I have even started shopping yet. *facepalm*

[Garga]

Wrapping is in the same category as crafts and sewing for me. I HATE IT. I get a bad backache doing all three. And I feel soooo bored when I'm wrapping presents. I hate feeling bored.

[Aggie]

I haven't started wrapping. I hate wrapping. If I could afford to, I would hire someone to wrap the gifts for me. And I don't even have that many to wrap. Our Christmas gift list is short. But.I.just.don't.like.wrapping.

 

 

Me, too.

 

Last year after Christmas I bought some Christmas fabric and ribbon. I made a bunch of fabric bags last month. Now I don't have to wrap a single item.

 

Put gift in bag, tie a pretty bow, set under the tree.:001_smile:

[MariannNOVA]

:banghead:

 

 

Nakia, don't you mean, are you done SHOPPING?

 

Some of us just started last night.

 

I'm just sayin'. ;)

 

Heather: DONE shopping? I have not purchased one.single.gift. I have not baked one.single cookie. :001_huh: Some of us have done n.o.t.h.i.n.g.

[Pretty in Pink]

I'm done shopping. I hate wrapping and have yet to begin. I prefer gift bags! I buy them on clearance at the end of the season and then reuse them over and over again.

 

I do one marathon gift-wrapping session when I do finally get around to wrapping.

[Kari C in SC]

I haven't started wrapping. I hate wrapping. If I could afford to, I would hire someone to wrap the gifts for me. And I don't even have that many to wrap. Our Christmas gift list is short. But.I.just.don't.like.wrapping.

 

I always buy wrapping on clearance after Christmas, so I have paper. BUT... I am really tempted to go buy bags and call it a day. I don't usually do that because I really like to have things wrapped.

 

I will still have to wrap the kids stuff. It is just not the same for them to not have wrapped!

[Lorien]

I haven't started wrapping. I hate wrapping. If I could afford to, I would hire someone to wrap the gifts for me. And I don't even have that many to wrap. Our Christmas gift list is short. But.I.just.don't.like.wrapping.

 

I'm totally opposite. I love all the wrapping!

 

Dh and I are all done shopping and wrapping for this year. My parents sent us money for Christmas this year. Money to use to buy gifts from them to our family. I am eagerly awaiting the time when dh and I can go shopping online. When those things come I'll get to wrap presents all over again!

 

My mother hated wrapping presents too. She liked to pile everything into groups by person, give me the paper and tape, and leave me to do it all. Fun!

 

Yes, I love to wrap! :001_smile:

[ThatCyndiGirl]

Now this sounds lovely! BTW, I LOVE your signatures!! I may try the closet one:001_smile:

 

 

It works best when you take the weiner dog in with you. (we love her so much I kept spelling it weiner god! :lol: ) She can howl while I scream. :tongue_smilie:

 

And, btw....I don't wish to point fingers coughcoughcoughoriginalpostercoughcoughcough, but someone, and again, I don't wish to name names, but She Who Shall Remain Nameless MAY have PM'd me to call me a weirdo because I LIKE wrapping presents. What happened to non-judgmental? Geesh! :toetap05:

 

And, again, while I'm not naming names here coughcoughcoughOPcoughcough or anything, I'm just sayin' that if it were to happen again someone could get beaned upside the head with one of my delicious bourbon balls. :001_unsure:

Edited December 15, 2010 by ThatCyndiGirl

[Nakia]

It works best when you take the weiner dog in with you. (we love her so much I kept spelling it weiner god! :lol: ) She can howl while I scream. :tongue_smilie:

 

And, btw....I don't wish to point fingers coughcoughcoughoriginalpostercoughcoughcough, but someone, and again, I don't wish to name names, but She Will Shall Remain Nameless MAY have PM'd me to call me a weirdo because I LIKE wrapping presents. What happened to non-judgmental? Geesh! :toetap05:

 

And, again, while I'm not naming names here coughcoughcoughOPcoughcough or anything, I'm just sayin' that if it were to happen again someone could get beaned upside the head with one of my delicious bourbon balls. :001_unsure:

 

I can't believe someone had the nerve to call you a weirdo just because you love to wrap presents? I mean, good grief. That was really mean.

 

What are bourbon balls?

[Hockey Mom]

I hate wrapping too. But I fear if I don't, my little snoops will discover what they're getting Christmas morning.

 

I'm still trying to decide if I should wrap the hockey sticks that are coming in the mail later this week...I mean, even wrapped, they'll know what it is. LOL

[littlebug42]

I haven't started wrapping. I hate wrapping. If I could afford to, I would hire someone to wrap the gifts for me. And I don't even have that many to wrap. Our Christmas gift list is short. But.I.just.don't.like.wrapping.

 

:iagree::iagree:

 

I am finished shopping but I loathe wrapping. I will probably pawn most of that off on dh.

[In the Rain]

I haven't started yet. I don't enjoy it.

[MariannNOVA]

:smilielol5::smilielol5: That's hilarious... done wrapping! Hard to do when I haven't even started shopping yet! :smilielol5::smilielol5:

 

:confused: Do you think it's an MCT-thing?:tongue_smilie: I have not purchased a single thing yet.

[Mrs Mungo]

I haven't started wrapping. I hate wrapping. If I could afford to, I would hire someone to wrap the gifts for me. And I don't even have that many to wrap. Our Christmas gift list is short. But.I.just.don't.like.wrapping.

 

I'm all done. I had to finish with THE FAMILY's because I had to mail them the other day. I went ahead and did the gifts for the kids and dh while I was at it. DH didn't wrap a THING! But, I griped at him the whole time I was wrapping, saying things like "these presents aren't going to wrap themselves!" and "there ARE two sets of scissors and tape here, just for the record!" :lol:

[lynn]

Most every thing except Santa gifts are wrapped and under the tree.