Thank you Canada Post

Because I am cheap, I have just calculated how much cash I saved by posting 45 invitations from my parents' address in Canada (and having the RSVPs returned to them).

Entire invitation: 45 x 0.96=$43.20
RSVP stamp: 45 x 0.52=$23.40
Total: $66.60 (approx GBP 33.30)

Had I posted them from the UK and had the RSVPs come back to us:

Entire invitation: 45 x $2.44 (GBP 1.22) = $109.80
RSVP stamp: 45 x $1.60 (GBP 0.80) = $72.00
Total: $181.8 (approx GBP 90.90)

Savings = $115.20 (GBP 57.60)

It's not enough to rationalize the recent trip back to Canada, but I was able to bring a lot of stuff over (thus saving us some luggage space come October) and seeing Nana and the family was priceless...

My FAVORITE part of the whole stamp-buying process was the fact that Canada Post has just issued stamps to commerate the 100th anniversary of the publication of Anne of Green Gables. I will admit that I was quite a geek as a child and was rather obsessed with the Anne books.



Here I am with my sister at Green Gables during a family trip to Prince Edward Island. I honestly thought I had died and gone to heaven...

{Ghetto scan of an old picture using my mobile phone. Gotta love my sister rocking the Cats t-shirt and the mid-80s outfits on the ladies in the background}

Anywho, I think the stamp looks rather cute on the RSVP envelope.

The 96 cents stamp is also quite pretty, so props to Canada Post!