The British pound sterling is almost 2:1 against the dollar. I've shopped over there and things are pretty expensive. For instance, it seems the standard price for music CDs is £9.99. But that means you're paying almost $20 for the CD. I can get most CDs for about $15 here if I pay full price. I would guess that's a fairly accurate conversion ... I probably pay about 25% more for everything over there.

Hey, did I mention I'm going to London over the New Years holiday? ~YAY~