cyber shopping

I have this love hate relationship with eBay.  I haven't gotten to actually try to sell something on there, although I probably should, but I do check it out often for the things I want to buy.  It is funny how the bidding can make you go all crazy and you end up spending way more money than you wanted.  Luckily it hasn't happened to me yet because there is always someone a lot more greedy than I am. :)  But I love it how you can find the exact thing you're looking for on eBay.  I have been looking for some dressy boots all over the stores I shop at but with the ugly styles (and in my opinion styles that will be gone in 2 years tops) that are out there right now I didn't see anything I had in mind.  So I was really excited to find exactly the style I wanted in my size on eBay.  But so did someone else who obviously has too much money to spend because they ended up paying way beyond my limit.  So I was bummed but the next day, I found even better shoes, Ecco brand, all leather and somehow I was the only bidder so I got them for $8.  I love good deals like that!  I decided in my "old" age, it is so not worth it to buy cheap clothes and shoes.  Rather, it is good to have a few pieces in the wardrobe that are high quality and with little finds like this on eBay it doesn't have to cost a fortune.  For kids, I almost always buy second hand clothes and I haven't bought many on eBay because to me they usually are way overpriced.  I don't think people look at the price and shipping together because if they did they would realize they could pay the same or less money for brand new clothes when they're on sale.  So shopping around really pays off.  It is harder the older the kids get because the second hand stores don't have nearly as much clothes for 7 years and up as they do for small kids so I do have to get some things in the stores and I do most of it online.  I love free shipping from my favorite stores because I can pick the size I need, I don't have to drive two hours to get there, and if it doesn't work or fit I just bring it in and return it.  I love online Christmas shopping too, my favorite place is Amazon but I did learn for toys you have to buy by the end of October or else the prices go up because they know people are buying for Christmas.  So I have to say, I am so thankful for all the technology we have available to us because it makes living in a middle of Nowhere a lot easier and now when I go shopping for real I can just enjoy looking around and seeing what's there because I already bought everything I need online.