Well, 12 days to go. I had a wonderful holiday at the beach for 4 days with Matthew - and that is the sum total of my holidays for this summer / winter. The rest has been sorting and packing. A very boring life, really.
I have become the Trade Me queen (that is like Ebay). I have nearly sold all the furniture that I wanted to get rid of, and a few other little bonus extras that I would have just packed up had they not sold. I have been sleeping on foam mattresses on the floor with a sleeping bag for 2 weeks! I will appreciate a bed in my new home - no matter how hard! (Chinese beds are rock hard!)
I have a couple of leads for selling the car. I just tell them it has one little old lady owner..... :-) I am off to a dealer today and they were just about salivating on the end of the phone, so I am hopeful. I am also practising my negotiation skills in preparation for life in Shanghai!
xx,
Shanghai Suz
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ReplyDeleteI negiotated with a street vendor and got a Giorgio Armani necktie for one dollar. LOL Even says it was made in Italy
ReplyDeleteYes, I got Dad a couple of watches last time I was there, but I let my friend's husband do most of the negotiating and I watched him. He LOVES the bartering and I had always thought it a horrible way to do business, but I found you can laugh and have a joke along the way.
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