Birthday shopping isn’t always easy

by Penny on August 26, 2010

mickey present

I always thought that shopping for presents for my 3-year old boy is never a problem because I have so many things that I want to buy for him. But when I was trying to pick out a present for his coming birthday, it proved to be a lot more difficult than I thought.

In the end, I brought him along to shop for his gift instead of making it a surprise present. Even with that, it was still not easy because he didn’t seem to want to pick out anything for himself!

I had to make lots of suggestions to him, from foam swords to personalized baseball bats, from Transformer figurines to educational laptops, nothing seemed to interest him.

In the end, I think he too was tired shopping for a gift and he eventually said OK to something. I’m not really sure if he really likes it or it’s because he sensed that we won’t be going home until we got him something! Hahaha…

Anyway, I will never take shopping for gifts for granted now, even for someone who seems easy enough to shop for.

What do you do in the event you really can’t find suitable gifts? Do you go with gift vouchers, or just get the person to give you a wish list?

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Do you like to shop online? I love it!

by Penny on August 26, 2010

What about you? Have you tried shopping online before? Whether it’s a local shopping site or an international one? Once you’ve tried and have good experience from it, I’m sure you’ll be hooked like me. It’s also the same reason why I decided to run an online business for more than a year now. You can visit my shop at Penny’s Online Shop.

Other than my own shop, I am also quite trusting of other online retailers. As long as I don’t see any dodgy signs, I’m quite open minded to give them a first time try. Some of the online purchases I’ve made in recent months include a hair care product shop, an auto car insurance (it’s so convenient to get an insurance quote online these days), and an online bookstore.

If you are a hesitant online shopper, you can always start to shop with the more reputable online retailers, like Amazon.com or even a local retailer like MPH Online. Once you get the hang of it, and the beauty of receiving products at your door step, you will definitely shop more online!

Anyway, this post sounds like a community message about online shopping huh? :) I just enjoy shopping online and wanted to spread the word and trust.

Have a great weekend everyone!

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