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I am uninterested in any kind of mail unless it is a bill or a letter telling me where I may pick up my newly found fortune. I have yet to receive the latter of the two. Nomally, my bills come wrapped up in a bundle of Victorias's Secret catalogues (You order from them once and they're like vultures. Skinny vultures with large breasts, but vultures still), a multitude of magazines, and junk mail.
I'm a magazine junkie. I think it's because I would like to be rewarded after making the trek to the mailbox. Not that it's so far away or anything, but it is down the hill. Getting only bills and junk mail is like a one-two punch. First I get the bills, then I have to exert the energy to walk up the hill to pay for those bills. Unless it's Christmas or my birthday, not too much nice mail comes my way. Plus, I really like to read.
Among the magazines that are delivered to my house each month/week are: Time, Martha Stewart, Newsweek, Real Simple, Elle, Blueprint, Glamour, Fitness, National Geographic, Parent, Self, Tricycle, InStyle, and Fortune. I guess the magazines people read say a lot about them. Anyway, I like to read, and with that amount of magaines, I am pretty much assured to get a mag or two each week. Nice.
Except Saturday. I went to the mail box, and found that it was.....(gasp!) EMPTY! Not even a scrap of junk. No Sears pamphlets. No flyers of a mega, blowout sale on John Deere 6015 series this weekend only. Nothing. For the first time in over six or seven years, I had no mail. I was torn between my emotions of being thrilled that there were no bills or junk mail to throw out, and sad that there were no magazines to plow through. What a wasteful trip-that walk back to the house was.
Of course there's no mail on Sunday, so today I am confident that there will be something there. Anything. What it'll be doesn't matter. A grocery store flyer would even validate my existance in this house. However, I'm still holding hope that the Gap will send me a giftcard for no reason other than they they haven't seen me in months.
I'm a magazine junkie. I think it's because I would like to be rewarded after making the trek to the mailbox. Not that it's so far away or anything, but it is down the hill. Getting only bills and junk mail is like a one-two punch. First I get the bills, then I have to exert the energy to walk up the hill to pay for those bills. Unless it's Christmas or my birthday, not too much nice mail comes my way. Plus, I really like to read.
Among the magazines that are delivered to my house each month/week are: Time, Martha Stewart, Newsweek, Real Simple, Elle, Blueprint, Glamour, Fitness, National Geographic, Parent, Self, Tricycle, InStyle, and Fortune. I guess the magazines people read say a lot about them. Anyway, I like to read, and with that amount of magaines, I am pretty much assured to get a mag or two each week. Nice.
Except Saturday. I went to the mail box, and found that it was.....(gasp!) EMPTY! Not even a scrap of junk. No Sears pamphlets. No flyers of a mega, blowout sale on John Deere 6015 series this weekend only. Nothing. For the first time in over six or seven years, I had no mail. I was torn between my emotions of being thrilled that there were no bills or junk mail to throw out, and sad that there were no magazines to plow through. What a wasteful trip-that walk back to the house was.
Of course there's no mail on Sunday, so today I am confident that there will be something there. Anything. What it'll be doesn't matter. A grocery store flyer would even validate my existance in this house. However, I'm still holding hope that the Gap will send me a giftcard for no reason other than they they haven't seen me in months.
Labels: Random Life Droppings
posted by Sarah at
Monday, August 07, 2006
3 Comments:
...which reminds me.... I need to dig out all June's mail buried somewhere in my office awaiting my attention. Perhaps I should try to find the credit card bill first.
You'd hate my mailbox. No magazines. Very small amount of junk mail. No catalogues, no sales papers. Heck I'm lucky if I get bills 1 day a week. The reason you ask? Because I do it all online now - bills are emailed, catalogues are emailed, sales papers - you guessed it, a link is emailed. If it weren't for shopping on ebay, I probaby wouldnt need a mailbox.
Monty- I'm happy to see someone else taking advantage of a underappreciated bill system.
Sher- You're right- I would hate it. I love shopping online, but I try to keep the computer my happy place. No bills here. I'm always so impressed with people who do EVERYTHING online.
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