Things one learns in the post office

Fact of the day: international postage for a letter (this being an item in an envelope weighing less than one ounce) from the US to anywhere else in the world (not on the North American Continent) is 94 cents. This seems semi-relevant, since several of us will be departing to bits of the world not on the North American Continent at various points throughout the year. I think it will cost more than 94c to get there though.

My Awesome, Ridiculous Shoes

So I promised you all a picture of my new shoes, TAADAAA! I really like them, partially because of how "I Love Lucy" era they feel, with the polka dots and bows on the toes. They make me happy. Not a pair of shoes to wear every day, but definitely a lot of fun.

I officially feel a little bit like Daisy Duke in this outfit...but the shoes give me nice lines, make my legs look long. Oh goodness, I'm even starting to talk like a ballroom dancer. 

Tomorrow I'll post some random pictures, including a picture of my adventure behind our fridge stack to plug my new roommate Janet's TV in to get cable, and some pictures of the utterly delicious food I've been making (it is possible EVEN in dorm kitchens :)

CARE PACKAGE AMAZINGNESS

SO... I have gotten three care packages in the last three days....completely awesome....but a slightly ridiculous quantity. 

I'll tell you about them in ascending awesomeness

I got one from Central Lutheran, which had candy, Emergen-C, Microwave popcorn....etc

which was really nice and quite sweet of them to think of me.

I got one from my mom's friend Debi, which had

A bag of Halloween candy

A box of Raspberry Zinger Teabags

A bag of Riesen? or that might have been in the church one, I got them both today

A silicon muffin tin...she knows me well

2 cornbread mixes

2 blueberry muffin mixes

2 banana nut muffin mixes

AND

a package of fall themed muffin liners!

which is a pretty awesome care package in general

but even the muffin box couldn't beat the care package I got from my mom on Monday

which in part (I probably won't remember everything she sent) included

-my blue and my CAMEL coloured cashmere sweaters (yes Justin it IS a real colour)

-a black leaf garland....to decorate for Halloween!

-my nice alaska railroad jacket....cause thats as warm of a jacket as i'll need in Arizona

- a really cool hairtie with a hemp flower

-a polkadotted notebook

-a mini lint roller

-a DVD of When Harry Met Sally

- a pair of Alaska socks

-a copy of the newspaper my bro had a pic in for running

-a box of ginger chews

-a metal canister with a bunch of diff colors of thread and some needles

-a package of orange napkins

-a plastic/felted rat

-a little kit from bath and body works with body butter, lip butter, foot lotion and perfume

-looseleaf tea and teabags

-some spices

-VIETNAMESE CINNAMON

-some of my fave undies

AND

-REALLY CUTE YELLOW POLKADOT HIGH/WEDGE PEEP TOE SHOES WITH BOWS ON THE TOES!!!

...they are awesome...i'll post a pic sometime

Lots of Love,

Sam