Day 22 - Sunday; a/c saga part B

Went shopping this morning as soon as the stores open. My goals: adapter for a/c unit plug and Sam's Club inspection. There is a Lowe's-esque store, Telhanorte, conveniently located right next to Sam's. I was a little proud of myself because I didn't need the GPS to get there (unfortunately not the case for going back home...). I found my little plug adaptor and also bought some black tape and a door mat there. 

Next up, Sam's. It's smaller than the one at home and obviously has very different stuff. But it has that Sam's Club feel that I find oddly comforting. People ask a lot about how the prices are here - restaurant prices and local food prices are great, a little cheaper than at home, and the quality is awesome. Brazilian "stuff" isn't horribly expensive, but the quality is questionable. There is a lot of US stuff (most of it really) that you just can't get. What you can get, you can expect to pay twice as much for at least. I saw more US brands here than I have anywhere else. Pics from Sam's Club trip:

Look what they have Mom! They're affordable too... they must have a plant here. I got a couple of boxes :)

The exchange rate of the Real to USD is .43. So, this Tide costs $42.77. Yeah, I'm sticking with my Brazilian detergent.

$6.65 for a can of Pam

$4.16 for a can of refried beans. 

$9.46 for a tiny tub of Haagen-Daas

Aaaand back to the a/c unit. I connect my plug adapter, plug it into the closest outlet... which doesn't work. *sigh* I did manage to stretch the hose and cord enough to plug into another outlet, but I'm gonna have to get an extension cord. BUT... it's working! And I sealed up around the window "plug" with my black tape. It's ghetto, but it feels great, so I don't care! It's cooling the whole apartment (I say "whole" like it's big, haha) no problem. Hooray!