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[rhivolution]

...I wrote a long disclaimer for a post and now do not have the energy/spoons to write the post anymore.

Hate it when that happens. Saving the disclaimer to write the post another day. General synopsis: disconnect on personal (privileged) level regarding standards for women's clothing in UK, combined with own gender identity issues.

Also hate when the pharmacies close at 1 pm on Saturdays so I can't go get cough medicine. [sulks] Why are tissues so damn expensive here? It's not like other paper goods are pricey, and most other health/beauty products are reasonably or equally priced. (Except for contact solution, at which I am still boggling...£10 for 240 mL?)

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[mercredigirl]

It never even occurred to me that women's clothing requires different standards in different places =/ Not even after reading Zuzu's post. *wince* Hugs if they're welcome.

Except for contact solution, at which I am still boggling...£10 for 240 mL?
Whoa. I thought that the Study In The UK websites were joking when they said contact solution was more expensive on that side of the pond, probably because in Singapore a lot of people use cheap disposable lenses. *is grateful she wears spectacles* Can you order online or is that not feasible? (Or bring gallons and gallons when you travel... heh.)

[rhivolution]

Hugs are fine! Despite the whole thing these days about instant access and global culture, and the similarities between the US and the UK culturally, fashion here follows that of continental Europe far more closely than the US does. Sometimes this is a good thing. Often...not so much. I am hating this 80s redux thing.

Lots of people here wear disposable lenses too--according to my husband, who uses both contacts and specs, it's much cheaper to get your contact solution as a package deal with your lenses, via mail order. That didn't do me much good as a student, though, and I brought mine from the US and only bought UK stuff from the chemist's when I was hard up.