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[eurydice72]

Up at 5:30 again. I think Pepper is getting tired of me falling asleep on her by 9:30/10pm. But we got 6k written yesterday on our new book, and I got 1k written on my new solo title, so it's not like the day was a wash, right

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[jennice]

Tbe exchange rate is so horrible for us statesiders. While I was there I limited myself to getting stuff I knew I wouldn't be able to get back home. I saw an awesome pair of chucks but there was no way I was paying $80 for them.

I was in Barnes & Nobles last night and saw yours and Pepper's book. I went and front faced it.

[eurydice72]

Woo hoo! Thank you!!

sadbhyl called me the other night to say she'd found them at her B&N. Today's the first chance I can get out and find it in ours. We left for the UK the week they showed up here so I didn't get to see it on the shelves.

The exchange rate is just killer. The only things I brought back were things I knew I couldn't get over here, or I'd spend enough on shipping to make the exchange rate negligible. Though there was a ton of Christmas Who stuff that had me wondering if people could find them over here. Probably on ebay or something.

[jennice]

Well the calendars, mugs with cocoa (which I still wish I had gotten), magazines and some of the books are/were worth getting there since they can't be found online aside from Ebay or are way expensive at WhoNa.com. I still wish I had gotten the Utopia figure set while I was there because it's out of stock in the states and I really want a Jacobi-Master.

I ended up buying another bag for all my grocery items as those were cheaper to get there than back home at World Market. Except luggage broke by jar of Branston pickle and everything ended up smelling like that.

[eurydice72]

We actually got our luggage torn apart by immigration at SFO because of the baked beans we brought back.

"But baked beans has animal fat in it!"

"Only in this country."

They still insisted on standing there and reading the damn labels on the cans. Oy.

[jennice]

I think they went through my bag in Atlanta (which is probably the real reason my luggage missed the flight I was on) because of the pickle smell. There was a little pamphlet inside the bag telling me they went through it. I was lucky I didn't get nabbed for the blocks of cheese.

That had to have been such a nightmare waiting for them to read the labels and realize there aren't one million ingredients in the food. They cleary don't realize beans are a necessity.