Dec. 20th, 2011

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Today I spent a WHILE shopping for English foods that would ship well for a Christmas package for my family. I left it late, but meh? I wrote everyone long notes and hand-illustrated their cards and envelopes, and caaarefully taped the box, and lugged it like 15, 20 min in the rain to the post office.

I had to re-package EVERYTHING when the post office told me it'd be 45 pounds to ship. The guy like, WOULD NOT UNDERSTAND ME and was beligerent, and had some accent that *I* could NOT understand. It was a hot mess.

I've got it down to 15 pounds for slow delivery of about half the items? But Jesus CHRIST. It's like, 'within a month' delivery, too. Idek are the like sending it via a carrier pigeon PLATED IN GOOOOOLD?!?!

I also had to call every Tesco in the London area, including their motherfucking general stock line and general customer service, re: their stupid fucking one pound candy canes. And guess what? There are LITERALLY none in London's bajillion Tescos! Quoth the HQ! And none in the 10 places I have physically checked, and the 3 places Katy looked! M&S had nothing!! two stores we checked! Morrisons--nothing. ASDA: only STRAWBERRY flavored, what the fuck. Cybercandy: only Chanukah Themed and... bacon flavored? ...really?

I am going to call Waitrose, which claims to have boxes of 12 for a pound thirty, but idek, at this juncture. Basically that was real ultimate bullshit

I AM TRYING TO DECORATE A TREE AND MAKE CANDY HERE, PEOPLE. I AM A BUSY WOMAN, AND I NEED TO MAKE PEPPERMINT BARK. IT'S THAT OR MACAROONS AND I CANNOT GIVE AN ACTUAL PARISIAN MY WACK ASS SECOND-TRY MACAROONS I. CAN. NOT.

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