Which is fine except really nothing in my entire house is that tealish-jewel-tone-80s-prom-dress-that-has-been-collecting-dust-in-my-closet-for-20-years-fading-and-slowly-rotting-away-greenish color. Lucky for me it also comes in this color:
Which is fine except really nothing in my entire house is that pepto-pinkish-chewed-up-bubble-gum-that-was-spit-on-the-sidewalk-and-trapped-into-the-crevices-of-your-shoe-only-to-be-deposited-on-your-new-beige-carpet-where-the-dog-licked-it-until-you-put-her-outside-to-clean-up-the-mess-while-your-children-created-a-river-in-the-extra-bath-by-building-a-sink-damn-washed-out-rosish color. Lucky for me it also comes in this color:
Which is fine except really nothing in my entire house is that greyish-skies-so-dark-it-could-be-a-storm-brewing-or-it-could-just-be-those-blue-feelings-that-you-consider-committing-yourself-to-a-mental-institution-for-a-48-hour-watch-and-really-blue-is-much-prettier-then-this-so-you-are-insulting-blue-when-you-call-it-blue-bluish color.
What is with “decorative” tissue boxes?
There is really no excuse for this. The companies that produce these spend millions of dollars in product research. They employ thousands of employees dedicated to bringing me a box of tissue. Why couldn’t they employ an artist or interior designer in JUST ONE of those positions?
Let’s go shopping! I obviously missed the “really good stuff” on the paper products aisle:
What is THAT color? And for the record I have never ever seen a rose look so gloomy.
Alright! Finally something with some sort of style. But this only was made in bright fuschia because everyone’s kitchens, bathrooms and bedrooms are bright fuschia!
Here is a simple design 4 pack. With a grey sunflower, an weird orangish sunflower and two purple sunflowers. So, let me get this straight…they are selling this in a 4 pack because they expected that these 3 colors will fit right into my house?
Before you start re-painting your walls grey sunflower, weird orangish and too purple, you might want this information:
Yes, my dear reader, you will have to ACT QUICKLY because this set is for a limited time ONLY!
So then I saw this three pack:
I liked the top box:
Despite it being in a color scheme of pink and orange. I was going to look beyond that just because it was cute. Well, in context of the world of “decorative” tissue boxes it was cute.
It was packaged with this soccer-themed box (which sports that same weird green color):
And this perky box:
Which required closer inspection. I then noticed they all have this label:
Yes, this is Puff’s “anything but old-school” series. Finally, a tissue company puts the EDGY back in blowing your nose. This is what I have been waiting for.
Graffiti art tissue boxes…
decorated with skulls.
Perfect for my yellow painted GRUNGE themed masterbath…
I think that last pic might end up being my new tat 😉
WHO gets a brilliant post out of trashy looking Kleenex boxes?
I suck at blogging.
Ha ha !!! Too funny! We are very classy and usually just blow our noses on toilet paper.
LOL! You are too funny. I have the cutest tissue box, it has gerbera daisies on it (with those options maybe I should look into re-filling it). I buy tissues about once every couple of years.
You can post about anything and make it interesting, can’t you.
Nothing like looking at a bunch of skulls when you feel like you are about to die from your cold 😉
And anything but old school?! What the heck is that–don’t they know old school is the new cool? I am guessing 80 year olds run the tissue packaging department. Be on the look out for the pretty dolie addition!
Walk away from the kleenex. Walk. AWAY.
Did you buy more crocs too? Does Blog-Stedman know about this?
I’m thinking it would be exhausting to go shopping with Holly!
But who else could make a post so funny about tissue boxes?
My advice? Get a cover. You can buy one somewhere, but I usually don’t like those. Maybe you could talk Madge into making you something cool to cover the boxes. You could pick the fabric.
Or your friend that made you the boot/shorty pajamas decorations could make something.
Or you could make something. I think the answer is something custom-made. Do you scrapbook? Some designer paper and chipboard could do wonders. But actually, I think getting someone else to do it would be the wisest. (Not because you can’t, but because they CAN!)
Wow did you really buy all those tissue boxes. You are very dedicated in keeping us up to date on tissues. Thank you.
Or…you just give up on tissue all together and tell your kids to use toilet paper if they happen to need to blow their nose. Not, that I would do that…
Maybe it is time to go way old school and go back to hankies 🙂