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