The web is a wonderful thing. You can now do all kinds of things from the comfort of your own home whenever you used to have to go to a shop or put something in the post.

I now rent my DVDs online and they arrive throughout the post and anchor I get my weekly groceries delivered to my door having ordered them from my list of favorites online.

The internet makes things convenient. So when I forgot to buy my lottery ticket again and missed out on a small prize, I turned to the internet for help. I was surprised at what I found!

There was as I expected the ability to purchase lottery tickets online from the UK's National Lottery website. Great! No longer did I have to fiddle around with cash or get soaked within the rain going to the shop.