The joys of online shopping

[sal_amanda]

john has this interesting love of swing music and swing dancing. he has an obscene swing cd collection, and every christmas i am given the task of searching the net for even more really obscure swing stuff because he knows damn well that his family is internet deficient. to keep the element of surprise, i always have his presents shipped to my mom's house, just as he has mine shipped to his office. however, one of the cds that i ordered directly from the band's website did not actually give me the option of a separate shipping address. it asked for the billing address and credit card info all on one page, and i assumed that the next page would have the shipping info. instead, i got a confirmation page. oops. oh well. the return address will totally give it away and john's the one that gets home first and always gets the mail. so i guess he gets one spoiled surprise.

at least i'm not like his mom who always had him wrap his own presents. even now, he still buys most of his own presents that she gives him at christmas because the only national chain they have in their little new hampshire town is wal-mart.