It all started with a yellow jacket, truly it did! But before I get into it let me start off by staying this one of the few non-genealogy related posts that I do on this blog. So the story of my yellow jacket starts off when I went shopping while I was in the US last month (I know surprise, surprise). Anyway while I was shopping I walked passed a store which had a gorgeous yellow jacket on display in the window, and had to immediately double-back to go in for a look. (Trust me, anything yellow gets my attention these days!) So into the shop I went to check it out. It was gorgeous, it was yellow and it was $180 down to $54!! An absolute bargain. But I thought long and hard about it, and eventually walked out of the store without it. Why I didn’t buy it I don’t know! But every female that is reading this willtotally understand what it’s like to get home and regret that you didn’t buy it then and there. And that’s what I felt. Now the problem was when I got home I was back in Australia not in the US. But I’m quite the pro when it comes to online shopping, so I found the store’s website and proceeded to go through their online ordering, but found that they “only ship to the US and Canada”. Really, in this day an age when everything is available everywhere? Disappointment set in … but it was my fault for not buying it at the time! But wonderful Mr Lonetester came to the rescue when he advised me of a company called SHIP IT TO which is a mail forwarding company. So...
