princessdeia

January 20 2012
Filed under General

I love getting mail, not the boring white and brown envelopes from day to day life. I mean fun mail.
I love brown boxes from Amazon.
I love getting mailing catalogue from my favourite store (not good for the environment I know but I adore them).
I love squidgy parcel containing yarn (the thing I miss the most from the Knit Love Club is the silver parcels).
I love December when the doormat is covered in red envelopes.
I love the thick feel of an envelope containing a card on my birthday.
I love old blue airmail letters (although I don’t get a lot of these anymore).

I understand in modernity email, texting or using social media is easier, more convenient and cheaper, arranging a night out, updating your friends and family on some news or a quick how’s it going.

What I don’t get is the posting a message on Facebook for someone’s birthday (I have to admit I have done this, but am trying to change this year), or those e-cards send out a Christmas on mass to everyone in your address book or forwarding on stupid jokes (yes I know people who still do this).

My love of mail is probably why I spend a ridiculous amount of money online, why I sign up for swaps and why I wanted to do the 52 letters in a week, to spread the joy I got and hopefully to get a letter or two in return.

So far I have done well with the 52 project so far, sending a Thank You letter in the New Year for our Christmas presents to our friends and family. I held back one of the letter to Jason’s aunt until last week as she brought us some cinema vouchers and we didn’t get a chance to use them until that weekend – so I send her a card including a little review of the film. This week, I sent a little treat to someone for all the wonderful work she has done (I will keep it cryptic in case she is reading this and hasn’t got the parcel yet).

Remember if you want some fun mail from my this year or even a want to write to me (I promise I will write back), just leave a comment here and I will email you to get your details.