Amazon-iac
Have you heard of Amazon Prime? It’s a service in which you pay $79 / year to get 2 day shipping free on everything that Amazon.com sells without minimum purchase requirements. Couple of months ago, I was offered a free trial for 3 months, which I’ve been taking advantage of. I can really see the benefit of such a system - this is Amazon’s version of gums and candies at the checkout lane. Amazon Prime allows completely compulsive purchases. Once your account is enabled, you all it requires for you to do is click a single button. No, seriously, just a single button. Whatever you wanted will arrive at your doorsteps a couple of days later. In one extreme situation, I had ordered a dental floss as a filler item among with couple of other household items. The floss, $1.69, arrived in a box by itself with an receipt for $1.69 two days later. It’s an amazing marketing idea, though I probably won’t renew when the trial period ends in a month since most of my purchases from Amazon can easily be grouped in $25+ bundles which also comes with free shipping.
In any case, I’ve been purchasing some baking items while ordering basic cookware sets for Gary. These boxes, among few other purchases were delivered and dropped off at my apartment’s leasing office since I wasn’t home. When I dropped by to pick up the boxes, I was asked “Congratulations, are these your wedding gifts?”. Er, I suppose some people get married much before they hit 23, but I sure don’t feel like I’m mature or grown up enough yet. I guess I’m growing up, though it sure doesn’t feel like it.
I’ve been reading through Self-Made Man. Some interesting insights into male psyche from a lesbian woman infiltrating into men’s world disguised as one. I’ll probably have more to say about it after I finish reading and digest the information a bit.
By the way, if you’re serious about baking, the KitchenAid stand mixer is amazing.