Those of you who know me well know that I work six days a week and put in an average of 66 hrs.  Truly my only day off is Sunday which means that I have to fit all of my errands, shopping, cleaning, laundry, bill paying, etc. all into one day; it can really be a challenge!  I find that I have to prioritize between what NEEDS to be done and what can really wait.  Case in point, I still have my Christmas tree up because there are other more pressing things to do, and being that I’m never home to see it, it doesn’t really bother me that it’s almost February! LOL!  Anyway, due to my crazy schedule I have turned into an internet shop-a-holic.

I love shopping online because I can do it at two o’clock in the morning or in my sweats with my hair all a mess, no make up, etc.  I buy almost everything online.  All but two of my Christmas gifts were purchased online this past year.  I buy all my clothes online.  I’ll buy just about anything I can online!  Groceries are about the only thing I haven’t purchased online as of yet.  There are so many more options on the World Wide Web than I could ever come across in a day at the mall.  I get tons of gift ideas and often can score free shipping!  With secure exchange servers I don’t even worry about identity theft, not that anyone would want to steal my identity anyway! J What’s not to like about internet shopping?!  But the problem is that all this online shopping is truly turning me into a snob…

For example, I took my son out shopping today.  We got him a few new outfits, new shoes and a memory stick for his PSP.  All in all we went to three different stores each was within only five miles of my home.  Yet all I could do was get annoyed at having to wait in line at the department store while the person in front of me filled out a credit card application, or get irritated that there was no one at the cash register to help us in the shoe store, or get frustrated that the guy at the game store was some 16 yr. old twerp who kept trying to up-sell me on some stupid extended warranty.  Basically I felt like I was wasting so much time!  At home I could have purchased all of those items within ten or fifteen minutes, rather than the hour and a half I spent running around today.

The other reason I’m turning into a snob is that I spend enough time online late in the evenings after work that I know how to spot a good deal when I see one, even better I’ve learned where to get hooked up with designer products at a fraction of the cost.  I am of course an avid eBayer and can always find SOMETHING I’m interested in.  But my sister actually turned me on to a company that sells designer jeans like True Religion, Rock and Republic and Sevens for about $40 a pair!  These are jeans that the stars wear and normally retail anywhere from $150 - $265!  I also have discovered a company over seas that I can get authentic Louis Vuitton and Chanel bags from as well as Tiffany & Co. Jewelry for pennies on the dollar!  It’s tempting to buy them all up and open an eBay store!  Let alone, stock up myself!  And trust me, over time I will.

You know, when I first heard about the World Wide Web back in the mid to late 90s I couldn’t imagine what in the world I would use it for, since I wasn’t in school and didn’t need to do any research.  Little did I know that the internet would become the one luxury in life I couldn’t live without!