Ok…yes….I admit it.  I am a wrapping paper snob.  That’s a weird thing to be snobby about I know.  Let me explain….

My first job as a sixteen year old teenage girl was working in the gift wrap department of Joske’s.  (You have to be a long time resident of Texas to remember Joske’s).  After working at Joske’s for one year, the department store chain was purchased by Dillards, which many more of you are familiar with.  At Dillards, I continued to work in gift wrap and customer service.  Joske’s and Dillards had good wrapping paper, very good wrapping paper.  So, it was way back in the 80’s that I developed my love for quality wrapping paper.

Now let’s jump to 2013 and why I am writing about wrapping paper….

Here is a trick I use, that you might like too!  Hobby Lobby has the best wrapping paper.  And, it’s usually on sale every week this time of the of year.  Hobby Lobby paper is good because it is nice and thick. It creases well and it has grid lines on the back.  I love me some grid lines!  It makes for very straight cutting lines.

So….I buy Christmas paper every year at Hobby Lobby, but that’s not all.  I buy paper for the entire year too.  Hobby Lobby always has papers which work well for birthdays through out the year.  Here is what I bought this week at Hobby Lobby….

The paper on the left is snowflake paper…obviously for Christmas.  The color coordinates with the leftover paper I have from last year.  Wrapping paper under the tree must coordinate, right?

I also bought paper I can use for girls throughout out the year and different paper for boys.  For the girls, I bought a nice ribbon I can make into bows to adorn the package.  For the boys I bought various colors of curling ribbon that I can add to any package.

In the past I have bought black and white paper that I could use for any gift, but this year I decided to get fancy!  At my Hobby Lobby they had really cute zebra print paper.  I was tempted to get it, but I left it for you!  😉

Now I just need to buy presents to wrap in this good, quality paper.  Well, that’s a problem for another day.

Are you snobby about something crazy like me????