The Canadian and American dollar are on par today! This milestone hasn't been met since before I was born. As much as I like to keep my spending to the homeland, buying things at American prices is extremely attractive.

My Stila foundation is around $45 a bottle, I think. In the US, it's $41ish. Every dollar counts! If I am lucky, the Canadian dollar will keep going up for a bit. I wonder if I should exchange some money (or a lot) to use when the dollar goes back down. I'm tempted to take a trip to Vegas after I get my IATA card!!

I am kind of kicking myself...well, not really. Several years ago, my aunt gave me a huge sum of American money (in cash). I didn't want to spend it, and I didn't want to convert it to Canadian money. Since our dollar was so low at the time, I wanted to hang on to the money in US funds instead. Had I exchanged it for Canadian money, I could exchange it back and made about 40% on it today. *sigh* Oh well. Had I exchanged it for Canadian money, I probably would have spent it all. But instead, I am spending the money now, but only when I go to the States. I guess that is okay.

I ordered my pillows! Unfortunately, the 50% off coupon code expired a couple of weeks ago :( But I did get 10% off which is better than a kick in the pants. The cost of shipping is almost the cost of two pillows though. Ouch! I can't wait to get them!