Growing up I wasn't much of a shopper. My sisters loved to look for and buy clothes, but I did not. I was against everything malls stood for, all the time, all the money, and all that person to person interaction that to me seemed so insincere. Even when I grew up and came to BYU I still abhorred malls, and all other forms of shopping. It was so inconvenient, costly, and just overly unpleasant for me. Though since it has grown on me a little bit; I've had to do all my own shopping and can't always rely on Christmas to provide me with all my clothing and other item needs. But here is the great thing, this year I discovered online shopping and the wonders and pitfalls it holds. Amazon is my new best friend. It provides me with all of my needs in just a couple days time (Plus free shipping with amazon prime). And the really great thing is that not only does it provide me with things I can get at malls, or at Walmart, or other varieties of stores it allows me to also receive things of a more rare nature. For example, I threw a tea party for a friend who was turning 23, and I bought some biscuits and herbal teas that were most certainly an English export (which was only important because her and I had actually gone on a study abroad to England just last fall). Amazon is also great because it has significantly lower prices for things than you typically find in most common stores unless there is a sale. However with the great convenience of Amazon, it's killer deals, and it's non-existent personal interaction my costs for the year have far exceeded what I would normal spend in years previous (especially with my typical avoidance of all things store related). The Fed-ex man knows me individually by name. So is it so great? I don't know. Perhaps it shouldn't be my best friend only a friendly acquaintance.
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