It Would Be Easier to Go to the Post Office

The post rate changed several months ago from 39 cents to 41 cents. I never had a chance to buy the 2 cent make-up rate stamps. I never even had a chance to buy the 39 cent stamps. I am still using the 37 cent stamps from time prehistoric.
In fact, I am still using the VERY coil of stamps I bought for my wedding invitations 4 1/2 years ago.
The reason is that we almost never use stamps. I used to use them to send out the electricity, phone, and cell phone bills. Sometimes I'd send the rent check by mail, too. The gas bill is postage-paid.
Now we pay most bills online, so we rarely use stamps.

Common sense dictates that to go to a post office that is over a mile away and wait on a line that is over a mile long to get some generic American Flag stamps is not a productive nor fun way to spend one's day.
Besides, anyone who knows me knows that I have a soft spot for pretty designs on stamps and think that it's a sin to waste one's creativity on generic flags.
Just look at these stamps that I ordered:

But things have DEFINITELY changed a lot since I shopped on the USPS site last (century).
First they asked me to sign in. I don't remember having an account there, so I looked for an option to buy without signing in.
Sorry, no such choice. So I signed up. I had to change my password 3 times because they didn't like it. Because it has to have letters AND numbers AND capital letters AND has to be a certain length. Then I had to sign some sort of agreement without which I would not be allowed to join their site.

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Basically, it was so guarded. I'm buying STAMPS, not WEAPONS! But finally I outsmarted them all and was able to order all the really cute sticke... er... stamps. Can't wait!