On The Amazon

I developed an Amazon habit last year - books and CDs mostly - which I decided I should give  up for Lent.  All those newly-reviewed books and albums would just have to wait until Easter.

And then a few days before the end of Lent, the stories started circulating about Amazon's tax dodging.  Which meant, of course, I couldn't go back, couldn't re-acquire the habit.  Which is good really, and it does mean that I've been spending more time in real shops. 

But I do miss the little online frisson, the parcels turning up a few days later, and the voice saying 'What the hell have you bought now?'