Price List

I forgot to express my concern with the prices of things in NZ. I'll just offer you prices at a glance.

Busted NZ Price List:
1. A car...........................................................................$400 - normal car price
2. Car insurance for 22 year olds for one year.........$ 146 (really?!)
3. Mascara on sale........................................................$22.50 (what the..?!)
4. A moleskin journal....................................................$50 (!)
5. A cup of coffee...........................................................$4.50
6. A solid knife...............................................................$14.95
7. A 2 liter tub of icecream..........................................$ 10-15

Some weirdness there, for sure. Fortunately I don't want any mascara and I really needed car insurance.


Also, part of the trouble with traveling all the time is that one has to put one's lotion in a little travel bottle. Well I had to put mine in one of those tiny bottles with a little spray top because the others were taken with more important things like shampoo. But lotion is too thick for the spray to run smoothly, so whenever I use it I have to push the spray.......get a tiny squirt of lotion......wait for the tube to refill.....push the spray......pathetic squirt.......tube refill. Takes FOREVER to do a hand, much less a leg. Anyway, the Ever Supportive Maggie watched me do this today and after a moment she looked at me with disgust and said, "That makes you suck so bad." It'd be too hard to divorce her now though, so I guess I have to keep her around.