Amazon Prime

About two years ago my husband signed up for a free trial for the Prime service offered by Amazon.com. For a yearly fee you’re able to ship many purchases via two day shipping, for free. Well, not really free because you pay the yearly fee, but if you buy a lot of stuff on Amazon you’ll more than make back your money. Signing up for the trial was one of those things that I’m sure he meant to mention to me, but…he didn’t. Remembering to cancel it before he had to pay for it was another thing I’m sure he meant to do but…I had a surprise when I went to balance the checkbook and we had a nice big charge from Amazon.  Since it was too late to cancel and we’d already paid for a year I began using Prime. I’ve used it to purchase birthday presents right before I had my baby.  I’ve used it to Christmas shop because it’s all but impossible to sneak out of the house without my four kids. Online shopping can be done during naps, while eating chocolate. The things that I have ordered always arrived on time and it was so pleasant not having to drive around town. So pleasant that when the time came around to renew the service we did so gladly. It’s been a lifesaver this holiday season. I’ve found things that I can’t get her locally and they’ve arrived in plenty of time to be stashed away for the elves. In fact, I believe that my husband ordered my Christmas present from Amazon tonight. On the 21st of December. Talk about really believing in a service!