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tenlittlebullets) wrote2009-09-06 05:17 pm
tenlittlebullets) wrote2009-09-06 05:17 pm
Those shoes I thought I got on the cheap? $26 after conversion. Oops. (Still worth it though.)
Bad news: I didn't realize how weak the US dollar was until I started doing the math on my withdrawals in euros from my US bank account.
Good news: I don't have to freak out TOO hard over exchange rates when I go to London, because the pound is weak too.
Bad news: I'm going to VISIT London. I LIVE in France, and boy is the euro doing well. :p
Seriously, at the moment the mental math for euros-to-dollars conversion is almost the same as the pounds-to-dollars conversion. For euros-to-dollars, round the euro amount down to the nearest even number, divide that in half, and add it to the original amount. For pounds-to-dollars, same thing but round up. (€1 is hovering around $1.40, £1 is hovering around $1.60.) Which is a lot better than the days when pounds-to-dollars meant straight-up doubling the price in pounds, but the figures for the euro are... distressing.
Conclusion: I totally need to pick up some part-time work teaching English so I can get paid in euros. Also, tracking exchange rates is an effective (if depressing) method of procrastination.
Good news: I don't have to freak out TOO hard over exchange rates when I go to London, because the pound is weak too.
Bad news: I'm going to VISIT London. I LIVE in France, and boy is the euro doing well. :p
Seriously, at the moment the mental math for euros-to-dollars conversion is almost the same as the pounds-to-dollars conversion. For euros-to-dollars, round the euro amount down to the nearest even number, divide that in half, and add it to the original amount. For pounds-to-dollars, same thing but round up. (€1 is hovering around $1.40, £1 is hovering around $1.60.) Which is a lot better than the days when pounds-to-dollars meant straight-up doubling the price in pounds, but the figures for the euro are... distressing.
Conclusion: I totally need to pick up some part-time work teaching English so I can get paid in euros. Also, tracking exchange rates is an effective (if depressing) method of procrastination.