Shipping costs are too freaking high.

Earlier this morning, I was looking around at online Asian food markets, since I've been craving some Hana no Kuchizuke & Ramune lately. Eventually, I gave up on trying to find smaller quantities (AKA - not 320-piece boxes & 12-packs) of my treats of choice and decided to look on Amazon. That place has just about everything, & even if its Japanese imports are kind of pricey, it's still worth it. So I went to the site, and looked up Ramune first. I was able to find a single bottle for about $2.00. Not that bad for a foreign soda. Planning on buying it eventually, I decided to take a look at the shipping cost so I would know how much it would cost exactly. I swear to god, I almost died of a heart attack. SHIPPING WAS $6.10! D; 

Is it just me, or is it totally lame when the price of shipping is three times more expensive than the product itself? Is it a clever marketing ploy to convince you to buy more so the shipping won't seem as through-the-roof? All I know is that it pisses me off. I am NOT going to pay $8.10 for a soda--even if it is that nummy Japanese Ramune. No. way. in. hell.

Then my friend decides to rub it in my face because she can run out to the Asian market near her house and buy both Hana no Kuchizuke & Ramune WITHOUT the hella-crazy shipping fees. Darn her. D; I suppose this is what I get for living in the most mono-cultural part of the freaking country.

FML. D;


Additionally, I began guard camp this week. :D I LOVE color guard & marching band with every fiber of my being. Every. single. fiber. So the sore muscles, burning my hands on hot steering wheels, 8-hour camp days, and the inability to lift my shirt over my heat without excruciating pain is worth it. <3 Fantasmic! is going to be a great show, & this is going to be a great year. I can feel it.


<3


ILY.


This is all.
Laters!