Christmas shopping

Okay! So I'm half way done with my Christmas shopping. Or a third, at least. Today we ditched school and went to Napoli. I bought a map of of the city for Coles (which Martina and I plan on labeling with our favorite shops and piazzas); the cutest little bear cap for my newborn nephew; an Italian coloring book for my niece to scribble in; a small loaf (I swear to god) of coffee-flavored chocolate; bow tie pasta with the colors of the Italian flag (it's a bit cheesy, but my Italian friends insisted that it is the essential souvenir of bella Italia); and some limoncello in a little glass bottle shaped like Italy, which was actually lifted from a rude shopkeeper (but not by me!). It all cost me about 30 euros, which means that my careful budgeting of blog entries past has gone out the window, although for good reason. Tomorrow I'm going to buy some organic, Made-in-Italy soap for Veronica, as wells as Italian playing cards for Rachel and a hella lot more chocolate. It's all going to be super expensive to ship overseas, but worth it, of course.