I’m done shopping! So happy, however, my fingers are so tired from all that Christmas shopping! Yes, I am an impersonal, lazy, online shopper. In the last few years, I have found it quite difficult to handle the crowds in stores. I get all shaky and nervous, then all sweaty and nasty. I finally have to cut it short and get out. Nothing leisurely or happy there. Once in a while, I’ll try to sneak back into Walmart or Toys-R-Us…but this past holiday season, and the one last year, was beyond description. I won’t ever so into a large store at this time of year again.
So I discovered Amazon (among others), and everyone is happy again! Ok, some people might find that impersonal or lazy, but I spend just as much time shopping online, actually more, than the average frenzied shopper. I do more comparison shopping. I am a happier person and enjoy the holidays so much more.
Before I go, I want to let you know why I wrote this. I am a fairly honest person, and I do miss the smell of the cold and the old nip on the nose when out and about, but I don’t miss the awful crowds of loud people, no where to park, fighting over the last newest high-tech robot-killer, the endless lines at the checkouts. I miss hearing children laughing and seeing new toys, but not the ones screaming abuse at their parents and each other. I guess my point is Christmas was starting to be one long, horrible shopping trip in hell. By going online, in my jammies, with my coffee and cats, I search and pick and hunt. I think of the expressions on the faces of my loved ones when they open their weird gift, or their funny one, or the one they’ve wanted for many years. It was such a joy to finally find it.
My laptop is my new Santa.
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