A little more than a year ago I posted about my first foray into washi tape. Rainbow mustaches, I exclaimed. Echidnas!
I bought a package of slightly fatter washi tape, and then a further package of even fatter washi tape. Then I announced that I did not need any more washi tape. When Amazon tried to lure me deeper into the rabbit hole with this fun package containing jellyfish washi tape, I resisted the temptation. Well, mostly. I added it to my wish list and moved on.
December came and I thought about how a package of Christmas washi tape would brighten those bleak December days. (Reader, I was right about that.) On about December 26 I thought to myself, "I bet I could get GOLD FOIL Christmas washi tape for cheap now that secular Christmas is over, and then I could have GOLD FOIL happiness." (Reader, I was right about that too.)
But then-- I opened my Christmas gift from my mother-in-law on December 27, and I discovered that she had thought to herself, "If 12 rolls of washi tape are good, then 48 rolls of washi tape will be EVEN BETTER!!" This brought the number of rolls of washi tape in my possession to a rather alarming level. I did not conduct a formal washi tape census, but it was obvious that my washi tape needs should be fulfilled for the foreseeable future.
Except-- I kept thinking about the jellyfish. Can we admire these beauteous jellyfish, friends? Also mushrooms? And summery cocktails?
I clicked the BUY NOW button. Sadly, the package got lost on its way to me. "I am OFFERING IT UP for the souls in Purgatory," I told my family as I waited for the package to get un-lost. "I'm sure it's doing them a lot of good," Elwood said dryly. Amazon offered me a refund in lieu of jellyfish. I didn't want a refund, though; I wanted jellyfish washi tape.
The week when I thought I might have a teeny washi tape problem was the week when I bought a replacement package of jellyfish washi tape AND ALSO a package of gold foil washi tape AND ALSO a washi tape organizer.
It turns out that all of my washi tape fits neatly in my dowel + plastic organizer system, with a bit left over to sit decoratively in a pretty little basket on my desk, as shown at right. "You have enough washi tape to mummify someone," said Elwood. "Well, maybe a very small person," I said, with the merest hint of defensiveness.
"No," said Elwood. "You have enough washi tape to mummify, like, Shaquille O'Neal."
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