So glad you got a warm coat and gloves, if my hands are warm, I can exist. Since I have turned middle aged I need to keep my neck warm, mock turtlenecks are my dearest friends now. How sad is that statement!! Spend your money girl, you have alot of cheap and thrifty DNA in you, which is a good thing when you really have no choice but to survive, but this is a one in a lifetime chance and you are making priceless memories that you will have forever. I have never regreted spending money to go someplace fun and unique, my only regret is I couldn't afford a camera to take a picture of us at the San Francisco bridge or the huge Sequoia (spelling?) trees, but I can remember them like it was yesterday, even the smell of the woods and the coolness of the breeze. Spend that money and travel, I promise we'll get you back to the states.