Wrapping with Ribbons

I generally consider myself to be a pretty fast-paced person. Truth be told, I'm always in a hurry. I may not have anywhere important to be, but I still have to get from points A to B as quickly as possible. Yes, I know that's a quality that is frowned upon by many authors of life quotes.

But for some strange reason of which I'm not sure, there are three things that I am EXTREMELY slow at. Like... impossibly, embarrassingly slow.

a) Getting ready in the mornings. Now that I have normal working hours again, I don't have the luxury of taking 2-3 hours of getting ready like I did when I didn't have to work until 10 or 12 each day. In fact, because I'm 100% unwilling to wake up earlier than 6:20 each day, I now have to take two showers per day so I can wash my hair at night because I'm no longer capable of having time before work. What do I do that takes me so long? Even I cannot provide an answer to that question. An average person could pull everything that I do off in about 45 minutes. I know, because under extreme circumstances, I've done it.

b) Cleaning my house. Which is unfortunate, because it's something I do constantly. Most people could accomplish this in 4 hours. It takes me an hour and a half (no exaggeration) to clean the master bathroom alone.

c) Wrapping gifts. The REAL reason we're here today. I've been known to accomplish only 2 presents during the span of an entire Christmas movie (because all wrapping must be done while watching a Christmas movie). This year I knocked it out by wrapping 2-3 presents every evening for a couple of weeks. A few nights ago, all that was on my agenda was two BOWS that I needed to put on two presents that I had already wrapped. I spent an hour and a half on the first bow and then ripped it apart because it was ugly (don't attempt to create a non-traditional bow out of mesh ribbon and hot glue).

By this point you're most likely thinking that I have the most beautifully wrapped, intricately detailed presents in the universe. I have truly set myself up for failure on this one. But either way, I'm really happy with the way they turned out this year. Simple. Chic. Vintage-ish. White and cream. They'll do. And everyone can say their present was wrapped in a unique, one-of-a-kind way... which is what I was most going for.

 Unfortunately I have another long night of wrapping ahead of me. Christmas with my fam isn't until this weekend, so I've been putting a few presents off in order to regain my motivation. Hope I can manage to get the bows on these right the first time!