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adairLate posting, seems to be a feature of the season. Again I did little real clutter clearing this week, but I did deal with the wrapping paper mess in the back closet.
There was a big plastic box of fabric (I need to deal with that some time) with 2 small plastic boxes with ribbons and bows and three plastic bags with a lot of gift bags and some partly used packages of wrapping paper for Christmas and other uses. All this kept falling around, and made it difficult to get the boxes out so we could clean behind them, so we did not. However, this is also the space with the crawl space entrance, and the termite guy wanted to come make his annual inspection. B. pulled out all the stuff and found that our local mouse was using the back wall to store food. This had to be cleaned up, and we decided we had to make it easy to get the boxes out so we could clean there once a month. We went to Target where we both bought several clear plastic boxes of various sizes, including one flattish one for gift bags, tissue paper and wrapping paper.
I sorted all the stuff I had and put some of it in the box; anything that did not fit got pitched - it's going to recycling. I was clearly saving some paper because I liked the print, but had not used it. I seem to remember one piece being from some time in the 70s. It had trees in an olive green and turquoise - a very 70s color scheme.
So now I have one moveable box of wrapping paper and bags, and a resolve to buy no more. Gift giving and wrapping is less frequent than it used to be. When I have to prepare wraps this Christmas I will sort out and toss most of the bows, possibly getting rid of one of the small boxes.
There was a big plastic box of fabric (I need to deal with that some time) with 2 small plastic boxes with ribbons and bows and three plastic bags with a lot of gift bags and some partly used packages of wrapping paper for Christmas and other uses. All this kept falling around, and made it difficult to get the boxes out so we could clean behind them, so we did not. However, this is also the space with the crawl space entrance, and the termite guy wanted to come make his annual inspection. B. pulled out all the stuff and found that our local mouse was using the back wall to store food. This had to be cleaned up, and we decided we had to make it easy to get the boxes out so we could clean there once a month. We went to Target where we both bought several clear plastic boxes of various sizes, including one flattish one for gift bags, tissue paper and wrapping paper.
I sorted all the stuff I had and put some of it in the box; anything that did not fit got pitched - it's going to recycling. I was clearly saving some paper because I liked the print, but had not used it. I seem to remember one piece being from some time in the 70s. It had trees in an olive green and turquoise - a very 70s color scheme.
So now I have one moveable box of wrapping paper and bags, and a resolve to buy no more. Gift giving and wrapping is less frequent than it used to be. When I have to prepare wraps this Christmas I will sort out and toss most of the bows, possibly getting rid of one of the small boxes.
