Online shopping.

Tonight I received my very first online shopping delivery. It was weird. The guy delivering the stuff was really lovely and clearly had a few formalities that he had to go through because it was my "first time". So I greeted him half way up our path as I thought I would just be getting my stuff and that would be that. He then proceeded to tell me well, silly things. He handed me a piece of paper that had the details of what I ordered. There was a section for groceries, chilled and frozen. He informed me that the items I bought from the frozen section would be underneath the title frozen. Yeah, that's what I thought. But whatever, he was just doing his job. Then we went to the truck that had all these shelves and bags and I thought to myself...we are going to be here all night, in the dark, looking through all these bags for the things that I have ordered, and I don't even remember what I ordered!! Lucky for me he kinda knew what was mine. He pulled out all these crates, put some back it, pulled some more out and then there was my shopping. He asked me "Is that it?" As I said before, I had no idea what I ordered....so yeah, that was everything! Seriously though, he was lovely and I really felt for him. It was 7pm and he still had a bunch of stuff in his truck. His night was not over yet.

So I brought my goodies into the house and checked all the items off my list (it had to be done. What if they cheated me out of something? What if they gave me the wrong shopping? I had to do this.) It was all there. YAY for me. Successful first online shopping date!!

But...I didn't really enjoy it.
 I didn't get to walk round a shop handpicking the items that I was going to bring home with me.
I didn't get to smile as I walked past people, or bump into people I hadn't seen for a long time.
I didn't see extra things that would be perfect for something I am planning and grab them.
I didn't get to buy a little chocolate bar to eat on the way home (ok, maybe that one is a good thing!)
I didn't get to chat with someone at a checkout and ask them how their day was.
It was convenient, definitely. But I don't know if it was worth it or not. If I knew that I wasn't going to make it town for a while then I would maybe consider doing it again. Don't get me wrong. The service was great and I am happy with my purchases but I feel like I missed out on something.

This girl will be walking round stores for her groceries in the years to come. Well, that is until we have robots to do it for us of course.
♥

Love came down at Christmas.

Christmas is almost here. I love this time of year, a lot. 2 months ago I helped put up the decorations at work and everyone became aware of how much I love this time of year. They told me that I would definitely be sick of Christmas by December. I am pleased to inform you that I am still full of Christmas cheer!

Last week I finished my Christmas shopping. I so enjoy buying gifts for people. Taking time to really think about what I am going to get someone, then walking into a store and then seeing something that is perfect and completely different to what you had in mind. I have also been making gifts this year. Last year I made my sister a scarf. I enjoyed being creative and giving someone special to me something that has my stamp on it, that reflects me. You will have to wait until after Christmas so see some of the gifts that I have made this year as there may be eyes reading this that will be receiving one of those gifts!

Another love of this season is wrapping Christmas presents! I could quite happily spend all day wrapping presents, seriously. But I hate clearing up all the mess afterwards. So if there is someone out there who loves to clear up mess but hates wrapping presents, I think we could form a great friendship! Unfortunately I have already wrapped all my presents, this makes me sad. No more present wrapping for me, unless I can wrap some with my mum and sister?

Mum and I put up the Christmas tree a few weeks ago now. It looks so pretty and sparkly. But we kinda threw it up late one night and forgot about the rest of the decorations. So over this week we have been finishing off the decorations throughout the house. It looks beautiful. I am ready to enjoy this week of festivities now!

The most important thing I love about this season is the reason for the season, the birth of Jesus Christ. I tend to get very emotional at this time of year as I think about our Saviour being born. Such a beautiful thing. It is very easy to get caught up in everything about this time of year. I always make sure that I stop to take time to be thankful for the precious baby that was born. The Greatest gift.

Today I enjoyed putting decorations up and making Christmas truffles! I had some beautiful Christmas carols playing in the background too. I was listening to Natalie Grant's Christmas album, Believe. I am going to leave you with some lyrics from one of her songs. This is my prayer tonight.

"I believe

The Wiseman saw

The baby born the angels called the son of God Heaven’s child

The great I am Born to take away my sins through nailed pierced hands

Emmanuel has come"