Buffalo, NY

Well, this is what greeted us outside the motel lobby as we walked to breakfast this morning. Turns out it's the opening game of the NFL season today. It's all gone a bit wild west buffalo bill round here. At least that explains the raucous tailgate party in the parking lot last night, but it would have taken a fair bit more to keep us awake. Even the bed bugs didn't manage that! Nope, not the classiest hotel The Doubleus have ever stayed in.

All this didn't put us off our game though. Reloading US mobile: check. Registering on Craigslist: check. Cataloguing all the gear: check. We even made $700 by 2pm... By selling $2000 worth of gear. Darn it! Feels very similar to Mrs Doubleu's Amazon "business".

To be fair though, she's been ruthless sorting her clothes. Maybe a quarter of the clothes she's never worn since I've known her have now made their way to charity shops. And even if the legion of DVDs I've made my way to Starbeck post office to send have only recouped an average of 20% what they were bought for (minus postage), there are benefits. I'm fitter from walking there so often, and there's more shelf space for all the books I haven't read yet.

Notes to self: 1/ you do not need to buy any more books for 2-3 years; 2/ Mrs Doubleu is not the only hoarder in our household.