Gift Buying Can Be Fun And Rewarding

In the old days, rushed on your way home from work, you stop at the mall – harried and stressed as you forgot to buy a gift yet again. The traffic is a nightmare, the parking is backed up forever, the kids are moaning, hungry, tired and irritable and you still haven’t taken anything out for dinner.

By the time you drag your seriously grumpy entourage into the shops – or even worse a miserable teenager – you have pretty much had enough, and the joy of shopping for a special gift has all but evaporated.

You end up going into the closest shop, finding something nearest to the door to buy, put one of your entourage in the queue, and find the other ones that have wondered off, get in the queue, pay, stand in another queue to pay for the parking, wait in a queue to get out of the parking area, sit in gridlocked traffic, stop at McDonalds out of desperation to feed the miserable masses – and by this time something deep fried and smothered in chocolate is on the top of your list as well and end up getting home way after dark.

Your sister/mother/Granny/brother ends up with a box of chocolates, linen spray or rose hand wash for their special day and you feel ashamed. Except, it doesn’t have to be like that ever again.

On your lunch break, or while the kids are doing their homework, or even after they have gone to bed, you can sit in peace and quiet – that is an incentive all on its own – and shop to your heart’s content.

If your Mum has always wanted a bamboo wind chime from Bali for instance – no problem, get onto the Net and search for one. You can compare the prices from a few different stores, and browse the colours, styles and sizes at your leisure. And in just a few minutes you will have located one, purchased it and arranged for the gift to be delivered to her doorstep on the morning of her birthday, before the kettle has been boiled for another cup of tea. No more revolting rose hand wash ever again.