My former boss who still works in the office, so, my
co-worker, made a big fuss about us having a Yankee Swap
because he thought it would instil animosity within the workplace.
Feelings hurt, bruises, negative energy, etc.. Which is silly
because we aren’t fourth graders. He also strangely suggested that if we went with the Yankee Swap, all the participants of the game would come with
a shower clock to swap, for which he has no affinity for as there
were three shower clocks present at the last Yankee Swap we had
three years ago. I have come to understand that this is why we
don’t do the Yankee Swap any more.

Anyway so
he was stuck on this “No Yankee Swap” idea regardless of the fact
that he claimed he didn’t want to “change anyone’s opinion”. He obviously did. He then started an entire
monologue about how intimate a Secret Santa was and how much nicer
it would be to get someone a gift that “really means something”. So
I told him to drop it because if he continues his Yankee Swap Death
Campaign, I will ensure that he’ll be my
Secret Santa and I’ll get him a shower clock. So we have ourselves
a Yankee Swap this year! We have our
presents in a bundle at the base of the tree. Don’t they look nice?
What’s that? On the left? It looks like a present… but it’s not
as pretty as the rest. It is the ugly duckling present. Who’s is
it?! Its mine! I came to
work severely unprepared. I bought a doggie painting at TJ Maxx.
It’s actually really cute and I almost hope I end up with my own
present. I didn’t have wrapping paper or ribbon, so I used
newspaper and I cut up a Trader Joes bag to make colorful ribbon. Just a few D.I.Y. gift
wrapping ideas for you economizers!! Pretty?