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November 17, 2004
holiday shopping
The closer it gets to Christmas, the more I dislike interacting with the general public, so I'm doing as much of my Christmas shopping as possible on line this year. Sure, going to the store and buying whatever it is I'm ordering would save me $3-$8 on shipping costs, but I consider that money well spent if it saves me from having to stand in line with everyone else trying to get things crossed off their lists too. And by the time you factor in the extra gas that would be wasted sitting in traffic waiting to get in or out of parking lots, at traffic lights, etc., I'm still coming out ahead of the game. I love Amazon. Also? I love getting packages in the mail. Even if I don't get to keep them, it's still fun to open up the box and look at what's inside. The hard part is wrapping everything, but I'm determined to wrap all of my presents this year by myself. I'm pretty sure I'll end up caving and getting Mike to help me, but that's my goal.
Posted by oracle at November 17, 2004 7:05 AM in the first year