A few weeks back, I decided to bid on my first
ebay item all on my own. I've bid on a couple things, but it always makes me nervous so John has to encourage me to click the "bid now" button.
This time though, I got brave. The $1.99 price tag with free shipping definitely helped. An LED flashlight keychain. In green. It was perfect. Now I would finally have a fully functional keychain that I could fend off intruders with. :)
And I would also be getting some mail. Which I love.
J asked me later that day if I had bid on a flashlight on ebay. I forgot he got the confirmation email. I smiled. He laughed. I told him how cool it was going to be. He laughed.
Three weeks later, it came. I thought it had gotten lost in the mail. But then I saw how far it had to travel.

All the way from Hong Kong, China to San Diego, California in the USA.
I had ordered an international item. And it came complete with a customs form. In a tiny brown envelope. Straight from the manufacturer.
We had ourselves a good laugh.
I turned it on. It worked the first three times. Now it works, oh, 40% of the time. So I figure, it will save me 1 out of 2 times. That's not bad.
It's the little things. Totally worth the $2.