Kermit, Please Forgive Me

I do try to be green. I recycle. I bought the reusable grocery bags (not always faithful about using them, but we'll keep that between us). I use the backs of all the school flyers as scratch paper. I refill water bottles.

But I can't compromise on wrapping presents. Love, love, love wrapping paper. And curling ribbon. And gift tags. And specialty bags and boxes. And 3-dimensional do-dads that go on top of wrapping paper.
(I won't go into greeting cards right now--that topic deserves its own post/ode.)

See how pretty these gifts look? Doesn't their prettiness make you pause for just a moment and consider not unwrapping them? Oooooh--they are so pretty to me. And I'm not just saying that because I wrapped them. :O)

Did I mention I'm a wrapping paper snob? Hate, hate, hate cheap wrapping paper. So far, only Hallmark meets my standards. Have you felt the weight of their paper? Did you notice the cutting guides on the back? Are you familiar with the breezy way your scissors glide along the width of the tube? Wrapping paper heaven, I say.

And, I'm talking about true Hallmark paper here--not the lower tier Expressions line they've done for other retailers, such as Mervyns or Walmart. (Snobby, snobby, snobby.)

When Hallmark makes recycled paper up to their normal standards, then I will be more green. Until then, I'm killing some trees.