Cashier 1: Because you purchased something from the registry, wrapping is free!
Me: Oh that's great. Thanks!
The cashier then pulled out two purple plastic bags. I was thinking to myself how horribly ugly those were and that she wasn't going to use them for OUR wedding gift! I was wrong. I watched as she struggled to put the heavy box inside the hideous purple plastic bag.
Me: Oh, that's okay - I can wrap those at home.
Cashier 2: No - no - it will look really nice. I promise!
Me: (thinking to myself - it's free) Oh, okay.
Alan then came to the counter and I told him that I was going to go to another store and that I'd meet him at the car. He was pushing the cart to the car with these boxes wrapped in purple garbage bags that were tied at the top with purple ribbon. We laughed all the way home.
I can't believe that any store would consider this acceptable by any means! When I think of a wedding, I most certainly don't think of purple plastic garbage bags! I went to the Hallmark store and bought proper wrapping paper and bows and here is the before and after. Yes, we are still in boxes - so I apologize.
BEFORE
AFTER
Being the environmentally responsible person that I am, I found a use for the purple bags. One was for the offerings that were left in the litterboxes and here is the other:
On the cat front we are continuing to have a huge problem with Pinhead. We have been on poop alert as he doesn't think the litterboxes are meant for him. We have confined him to the office and Meemers comes out for visitation. Sometimes he tries to get a little "frisky" with her. What followed after this picture was a hiss and a quick bite to Pinhead's ear. Meems is such a good girl.
I have managed to finish the grey Hap Shawl. I just need to find my tapestry needles to graft the edges together. I know they're in one of these boxes, somewhere!
Happy Knitting everyone!
