I could not sleep tonight and decided to check email and one thing led to another and somehow I made it to the currency exchange site at Yahoo!. While I am happy the $$ is doing so well, I cringe at the amount of money I could have saved just on currency exchange. The Euro was around $1.60 when I was there and it is now about $1.26...the Pound was about $2-$2.20 when I was in England and now it is about $1.49. The Polish Zloty was 2.20 for every dollar and now it is 3.03. Some quick calcs tell me I could have saved over $5,000. It is really hard to swallow that every Euro I spent over there was $.40 more than it is now. The price of ice cream in Poland would be worthwhile now...but prices are going up in the States. I shopped around for shoes last week and could not find the ones I was looking to purchase for under $20...what is the world coming to when you cannot even find payless shoes for under $20??? haha laughing as I am typing. Anyway, Good night!
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