#320 Return to China

The Cazzato family's contribution to Peoria economic stimulus continued throughout our time at home with Kathleen making daily trips to Target, Old Navy, Payless Shoe Source, and Walgreens. Her mission was to return to China with thousands of dollars worth of made-in-China products.

In fact, the annual summer stock-up has become a necessary tradition because the products we want and need are either unavailable or extremely overpriced in Suzhou. The airline still allows two checked bags per person of up to 50 pounds. Therefore, we brought back 12 checked bags with 51 pounds each. You can see Juliana and Joseph above surveying the luggage shortly after arrival at our house in Suzhou.

Since we expect this coming school year to be our last in China, this should be our last summer of importing a quarter ton of shoes, clothes, toiletries, and books to China.

If you are interested, you can see more photos from our vacation at snapfish.com.