I've got a lot to update on since last week. We were able to borrow the Mercedes last Thurs and we will have it for another week. This means we are able to go shopping in France and stores that we normally cant get to except by car. Friday we went shopping in France. We didn't get a lot of groceries but we were able to buy a lot of other things like toothpaste and makeup and soap. I'll give you an example of the savings. The new Garnier under eye roller costs 22 CHF here in Switzerland and I bought it in France for 9 Euro. Wth the exchange rate I paid around 11.70 CHF. Since we dont have access to a car very often we tried to load up on things that are cheaper.

I told Garrett that if he kept his toys picked up in his playroom and his room that he ould have a small pet. I was thinking fish or something like that. I really didn't want a hamster because they can be mean and bite. We were considering a guinea pig or bunny. I've been looking on the internet trying to find a pet store that actually sells pets. Most pet stores here sell supplies, but no pets. Saturday we went to a shopping mall that had a pet store. I about fell on the floor when I saw the prices; 159CHF for bunnies, 69 CHF for guinea pigs and 39 CHF for hamsters. A small 5 gallon aquarium with pump and hood light was 89 CHF and guppies were 9 CHF. I told Garrett that it looked like he probably wouldnt get a pet, because that was just too expensive.

We also stopped by an Allegro store, which reminded me of a Sams Club. The hamburger meat we bought from there is really good. It doesn't have the horrible freezer burnt after taste like the other meat we've bought has. I found the Turkish drink that we love uludag, and it was surprisingly cheap. I wish I could have bought more, but we just dont have a freezer. So, off we go to Conforama, which was having a 20 day sale. We ended up with a big freezer, which is now practically empty. I'm hoping to go to Allegro again and load up on hamburger meat. It's so nice to have a hamburger that isn't gross.

So, before we made it to Conforama and bought the big freezer, we stopped by Inter Discount, which sells electronics. Steve wanted to look for a new external hard drive. I noticed a pet store in the next building. So, while Steve went and looked for electronics the boys and I went to the pet store to see if they actually carried pets. Turns out they do. They were quite a bit cheaper than the other store too. They had cute little lionhead bunnies and lop eared bunnie for 89CHF and guinea pigs for 39CHF. The cages were still over priced at 149 CHF, but I saw a bunny cage for 35 Euro at Carrfoure. We went to get Steve and show him the new pet store we found. We had a girl who worked there open the cages so that we could look at them. I was really leaning toward the guinea pigs as they were considerable cheaper. Garrett fell in love with the lionhead bunnies. He didnt want a guinea pig. The girl who worked there told us that they didnt have any guinea pigs and that they couldn't sell the lionhead bunnies because they had just gotten tham and had to make sure that they were healthy. Garrett was upset, but we told him that we could come back next week and look at bunnies. This is when we found out that you had to buy 2. Since they are social animals you have to buy more than one. I told Steve that I had found a rescue on the internet that had one bunny and maybe he could call and see how much she cost.

Sunday and Monday I scoured the internet trying to find more rescue groups. I knew I had heard about one in Nyon, and I wanted to find their phone number or address. After numerous searches I found a website with classified ads. In case your ever looking for classified ads in Switzerland the site is http://www.tutti.ch/ . I found 2 ads in Geneva and 2 in Vaud. It took 2 days to convince Steve to call the ads. The ad in Vaud was in Aigle and he thought that was just too far away. He called one of the ads in Geneva and they agreed to meet him on Tues night. He stayed at their house until around 9 at night. We got the cutest little spotted lionhead bunny and cage for free. I couldn't believe it. He is adorable. We spent a few hours holding him when he got here.

Yesterday, was Charlies first day here and he woke in a foul mood. I guess he thought he would be going back home. He growled and tried to hit us with his front paws. A complete change from the night before when he was so sweet. I put him in the play room to run around. He hates the wood floor and only walks on the carpet. Garrett and I made him a little house from a cardboard box and put a pillow in it. He seems to like it. We also made a Garrett a playhouse out of the freezer box. It has 3 pillows on the bottome. Charlie likes that house too. I put him on the couch with me a few times. He seemed to calm down towards the end of the day. This morning and went and got him out of his cage with no probles. I put him in the playroom and he hopped around and then went into his house. I'm glad that he seems to be settling. I couldn't believe the growling. It was so weird. I wish I had recorded it. I'm not sure he will ever do it again. I'll try to take pics of him and post them. He is cute. He's already 8 months old, so he's full grown and so small.