The first part (about laundry) has been cross-posted to LJ. The other bit is new.

I am doing laundry which is 2 pounds per load (roughly $4... yeah). So I thought I could maybe just hand wash everything in a big sink and some boiling hot water. Which led me to believe I should throw on my peasent skirt and put on an apron and go poke at my soaking laundry with a stick. But I decided not to, and to just give up the 2 pounds. Since it costs so much, I took the risk of throwing most of it in together on the coldest setting possible. I did not put in my stockings (nor would I ever) or my white shirts, figuring that was just trouble. I have a bitty sink in my room with a stopper in it, so I started the hot water running in that. I filled it up and put in some soap and tossed in my clothes. Only the water was boiling hot. They have yet to figure out the whole combined tap thing and the whole restriction on how hot the water really can come out thing, so the hot water is hot enough to scald, or make tea with. In fact, Conrad stated that the combind taps are catching on. They call them "combo taps". To which Bre responded "we call it civilized." So funny, so true. Anyway, back to the story.I had to find a way to submerge my clothes without permanent damage. So I used the wrong end of my toothbrush and prodded at them with that. I think God must have delighted in that as much as I delighted in the thought of me washing my clothes in a midevial washroom. Here I am, standing over this bitty sink, prodding my clothes with my tooth brush handle.

In other news we went Camden crazy today. All for about 9 pounds I got a hugeish thing to cover that hideous bed spread I have, 2 scarves, and a HUGE lunch that involved fried noodles and real seafood (lobster, crab, mussles and clams).
While in Camden I found the perfect souvenier for Grandpa - an ash tray with paintings of various scantly clothed girls in them... like the old-fashioned Betty Paige kind, not today's version. It made me think of the boob mug he had, and if he were alive, I would have bought it and shipped it out immediately, even if it cost me 11 pounds like some other things I shipped out today.

That is all for now.