gas prices...

yeah the prices are unprecedented and the fact that it's traded on the futures market is a littlelot f'ed up...but mostly we use a little more credit than i like and just absorb the higher gas prices.

but yesterday - i felt the sting in a very real way...a friend commissioned a painting last year for herself and her husband...it was one of those odd sized packages so it cost around $50 to ship to NYC.

this past winter she commissioned one for her parents' anniversary...last night i shipped this similarly sized painting (this time to OK - it touches KS it's so close!) and it cost OVER $100! OVER...i'm still a little sticker shocked...

i tried to get a good shot of the painting before i shipped - i'll post that next...

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