Lunacy... I think so!

I got a package several weeks ago from my aunt who lives in the states. It cost me 36.04 dollars in import duty. Cash at the door, paid to UPS. This is because the American-Canadian gift limit is 60 dollars. What you ask is the value of my gift? 63.09 dollars. So I paid nearly half of the value of the gift in import duty. I think this is crazy. But I guess that is bureaucracy for you.

I can only hope that in the future my family will send me cheap gifts!

Which reminds me I need to get thank-you cards.