the outrage

so kyle and i decided to design and make our own invitations... actually that is a total misrepresentation... let me start again:

so kyle and i have decided that kyle will design and make our invitations (with the help of our lovely print studio friend jeanette) i don't really have all that much to do with it except for approving the designs and wording and offering emotional support and addressing envelopes. but one of my jobs was to find envelopes and paper for the invitations so after a careful search i found the right ones online. they were the right colour and paper and a pretty good price. it seemed like a great find - until...

the shipping cost... we got charged $25 for shipping. $25 seemed steep but we sucked it up and didn't complain. i'm sure the paper's really heavy or something. it's probably fair...

but then... when kyle got home today he found a notice in his mailbox saying that we couldn't get our package until we paid the $40 duty fee. 40 dollars!! 250 envelopes and 250 sheets of paper were only $80 and we paid $65 just to get them to us! 60 dollars for a package worth 80!!
that is what my friend lindsey would call
highway robbery

seriously. the nerve.