Gifts!

i especially love this time of the year aside from september because of my birthday (which is actually two days after my hubby's birthday and 6 days after our anniversary, galeng no?hehehe!)because it's filled with the christmas spirit of giving, sharing, forgiving, remembering and of course the spirit of shopping!! hahahaha! i also look forward to wrapping tons of gifts for those on my "had-been-nice" list and be santa to them.. i've bought my "special" gifts (read: not pricey but it's the thought that counts right? hehehe!)

yesterday and with that i purchased several pieces of giftwrappers. there are actually a lot to choose from nowadays and they're better from the past giftwrappers they offered. these are the glossy and thick ones as compared to the onion-skin like giftwrapper they sold last year which i totally disliked. that pushed me to buy my giftwrappers at the mall. i am not really particular on the amount of the wrapper though i still believe that a beautifully-wrapped gift catches attention and lessens the expectation of the receiver of how much the gift is.. (hahaha!)but the price of the wrapper doesn't have to be half of the amount of the gift, much better to use the money to buy a much better gift right? i was also able to purchase these wrappers which is like recycled paper(they're colored brown and it gave the effect of country wrapper) so i felt i was also doing something good for mother nature.. teehee!!

i did my wrapping on the dining table since i would be needing lots of space for the task and i really had a hard time shooing the kids to just play ps2 at the livingroom instead of watching me lest they see what i would be giving them. i asked help from my hubby who also enjoyed the bonding moment.. aaaw! sweet! hahaha! we did several styles instead of the usual box-like wrapping style.. am glad hubby helped coz i was able to finish wrapping just after a few hours. now comes the hardest part of hiding the gifts coz my kids would surely open them once they see they're names on it!! i can't avoid placing the gift card already coz i might forget what each package contains.. (just one of the ill-effects of epidural anesthesia used during caesarian section childbirth..) anyway, i am sure i'd love the sparkle in the eyes of the kids after getting these gifts.. their true innocence revealed beneath the wide smiles and large eyes and am hoping that same goes after they open my gifts.. hahaha!! am pretty sure they will.. me and hubby had a hard time scouring the aisles of tutuban for the right gift for each kid.. haay! wonder what i'll be getting from santa this christmas.. hehehe! i admit, am still a child at heart, and so is everybody.. let's just hope we'll all have a happy, joyous and memorable christmas to add to our memory banks.. MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!!