How we finally worked our way through wrapping every single gift, I do not know. I am, however, so happy we did! All of the gifts. I am such a perfectionist with gifts too. I know that the paper is going to be ripped to bits, but I still really enjoy wrapping and decorating each gift. I suck at making those fancy bows, but I can still work a little magic. Examples below (one wrapped gift, two gift bags finished with Christmas tree ornaments)

I really love the wrapping paper in the first photo. Blue is one of my favorite colors, so it was really nice to see something other than green, red and gold wrapping paper. I did a few gifts in those colors too, but only before I found the pretty blue one!

I thought I had finished up with my Christmas shopping, but it dawned on me earlier that I still need to buy a gift for my dad’s girlfriend. It wouldn’t hurt for me to get a little something else for my dad and mom too. I know I want to buy my mom a box of Turtles — her favorite chocolates — too. I’m not sure what else to buy for my dad. Any suggestions? That won’t cost me a fortune?

Overall, I am pretty excited about Christmas. I’ve said Christmas is exhausting a lot recently, but I’d be lying if I said I didn’t enjoy this time of year. My nephew Tyler is going to flip out over the autographed Jimmie Johnson (Nascar, #48) pictures. I can’t wait to bake cookies for “Santa” with my nephews too. We’re making all kinds of goodies actually; cookies of all kinds, fudge and maybe even some truffles if I get motivated enough to try them this year!

The only thing that could possibly make Christmas a little better at this point would be a miracle — snow. Not enough to slow us Georgia folks down, but enough to at least stick to the ground. It would definitely be better than all of this soggy stuff in the forecast that’s for sure!