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A few of you might know, but I enjoy writing letters and sending them to my friends, no matter the holiday. So far this year I have sent about 24 letters, and the year is almost half over already!
What I do to prepare for an upcoming holiday or what ever may be upcoming is keep an eye out for stray coupons or tag sales that may sell cards. At the last tag sale I picked up 15 cards, plus envelopes for $0.50! Not bad right? Most of them were Christmas since the birthday ones were for those over-the-hill, but you can't beat a bargain! The other day I was at CVS and found a coupon for $1.50 any card in the store. Needless to say I used that for an upcoming birthday. And the sales don't stop there! So as of right now I have lots of cards for lots of my friends, and with most of them, the deal was if I sent them one they'd send me one back. It's working, they let me know that they received the snail-mail, I mean, who doesn't love getting snail-mail?
I just received one that had a unicorn and was full of glitter! I was very excited about receiving that one, and I'm going to send her one right back! I also discovered in one of my many attempts at cleaning my room a few items that assist me in my post. I shall pass this on to you now, have fun with your snail mail!

My Indoor-Post-Box

I have a small box that fits the various supplies needed for a post-box. In mine I have:
- Spare letters that vary from Christmas, to Birthdays to Thank you to Blank.
- Gel Pens and other colorful writing utensils
- Stickers (to close the envelopes with and to add a touch of care)
- A notebook full of address
- A box of address labels (When else are you going to use them?)
- Photos (To add a touch of *you*)
- And last but not least, Stamps!

I keep track of how much I pay for the stamps, cards and what not. I figure I pay about $22.88 for stamps per year (estimate) plus about $1.00 per card. Since I have a surplus of cards The estimate has gone to about $50.00 this year on sending cards alone. But really, it's not just about the money. It's about feeling a little old fashioned, and being a little disconnected from the fast moving, technological world that we live in now. So I don't mind paying a little bit more if I know that I can bring a smile to my friends faces that real, not computer animated. I know we're moving into a world that's more automated by the minute, but if you don't mind, I'd rather be human for a few years more.