Partly as a joke and mainly being less wasteful, I often wrap presents to my closer friends with last-year's wrapping paper. They are always wrapped nicely, but

Partly as a joke and mainly being less wasteful, I often wrap presents to my closer friends with last-year's wrapping paper. They are always wrapped nicely, but with purposely mixed and (un)matched designs/patterns to make it visually obvious. Total patchwork. I do this mainly because the alternative is to keep an obnoxious growing collection of partial rolls in the corner of the closet year-round. Last-year's wrap pack flat and aren't constantly in the way. I line the bird cage with them when they get too worn. A friend got me back once by duct taping a present to me in a brown paper bag from his local grocer, and another friend has taken up the habit full out for several years now. Once she even used a wallpaper sample which looked quite foofy. I love it. Reuse can sometimes seem a little over the top. Why not own it and make sure it's irretrievably over the top?