The Sam's Club Photo Service

I miss having traditional pictures, as most of my collection is digital.  Yeah...I could print them out, but I'm way too lazy for that.  I don't miss the cost of film coupled with the processing fees.  That's one of the nicest things about digital cameras.  They make it so easy to get your pictures.  

A lot of people like to put their pets on Christmas cards.  Mark and I might as well be crazy cat people because Mr. Kitty is generally the star of our cards.  He doesn't always like it.  Scratch that...he never likes it.  Luckily, we're bigger than him, so hilarity usually ensues.  If we get lucky, we get a decent picture for our cards.

This year, we're running a little behind.  We kept talking about what we wanted to do for our Christmas cards, but we never actually got around to taking any pictures.  Upon arriving home tonight, Mark informed me that we needed to make our cards up as tomorrow is the last day he will see all of his co-workers before Christmas.  

After Mark hatched a plan, we set to work getting a good picture.  Mr. Kitty makes that as difficult as possible, but we succeeded.*  Still, getting cards for tomorrow is a tall order...until you realize that you can create and order your Christmas cards twenty four hours a day via the Sam's Club website.

After picking a few potential pictures, we pulled up the Sam's Club site.  It's not overly friendly when trying to find the photo services, but Mark has done it for work before.  He knew where to go.  

There are multiple templates you can use, and the site allows you to zoom in and out on the picture to get it just right.  While the tools aren't amazing, they're decent.  You can get the job done with them.  We got thirty pictures for around ten bucks, and Mark can pick them up tomorrow.  You can even do this from your phone.**

I'm sure you've seen one of these types of cards before.  They are printed on photo-paper.  Our cards won't be as fantastic as the one our friends sent, but our friends are ridiculously talented.***  

Since we won't our cards until tomorrow, I can't put a picture of one up.  I can tell you that the Sam's Club site is relatively easy to use when creating your holiday cards.  The price is right, and it's all very simple, once you find the right place.  Aside from  making the route more obvious, I'm pleased with this particular Sam's offering.

*As much as we ever do.

**It's totally pimp.

***They created a person, and he's cute.  That's pretty high up on the achievement list.  I'll bet they level multiple times from the XP that generates.