I am not a
shopping enthusiast! Except around the Christmas and Channukah holidays, I hate
the parking problems, I don't enjoy browsing aisle after aisle looking for
something that would be just perfect for Grandma or Uncle Arthur. I certainly
do not like standing in line with frustrated people killing time for the lone
employee to handle yet another exchange. Online shopping didn't save my life
all by itself. Just because I started using the Web before any of my friends, I
still had to make the decisions. And then, around five years ago, or so, I
discovered food gift baskets.
It didn't
occur to me to think of holiday food gift baskets as a great gift until I had
suffered through many rounds of birthdays, baby showers, and countless other
events that seem to always pop up. I received a gift basket of little sausages,
spreadable cheeses and plain crackers. It was terrible! At the same time,
though, I thought what a great gift this could have been. All they had to
change in the gift was the quality of the contents!
Since that
moment of momentous insight on my part, I have been a dedicated sampler of a
variety of food gifts that I buy for myself on the Internet. (It's a tough job,
but I am up to the challenge as long as I carefully pace myself!) I have found
that the online gift food stores handle everything from shipping to the
accompanying gift cards. Yes, I actually send myself a gift card to test the
store's dedication to detail. The Internet boutiques are now the sources for
all of my gifts, except those gifts of my loved ones who happen to live very
nearby.
The wide
selection of quality holiday food gift baskets available is truly remarkable.
It ranges from live lobster dinners to a fresh fruit basket; from cookie
bouquets to live lobsters; from wine gift baskets to imported caviar or fine
Wisconsin cheeses. For those on my gift list who live nearby, I usually
assemble my own gift baskets. Even in those cases, the Internet comes to my
rescue with helpful suggestions about how to make my self-assembled gift foods
more interesting. The available articles also have great gift ideas for special
people who often happen to be especially difficult when it comes to choosing a
gift.
So join me
in thanking the Internet for teaching me how to walk through an aisle of a
store, empty handed, with a huge smile. I can do that, now, just to soak up the
atmosphere of the season. I'm a tourist when I'm there instead of a frantic
shopper.
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