My shopping soul is a frugal one!

So I know that I rather buy 10 pair of shoes instead of one expensive pair. I rather have ten purses then one and so on. Brands mean nothing to me. I rather have comfy and cute then expensive. Still don't get it why people spend hundreds of dollars on a purse? So when we are in this whirlwind of packing, trying to figure out all the things to pack, what to bring and what is available in Sweden, I turned to Google. Trust me, I know that Sweden has almost everything that we want and more then enough of what we need but I still have my fav brands of different stuff and I just had to know if it is available and what it will cost me. Well, lets just say reality just smacked my frugal shopping soul in the face! I don't think I should google any more items.... My fav conditioner is $20 in Sweden while I only pay $2.50 for it here! Other hair products are more then double and don't get me started on getting your nails done.  I told Dave that I might just have to stock up and bring it with us and then go on vacation to the States every other year or so, because this frugal soul needs some true shopping that doesn't use all my savings! Shopping is one of my favorite things to do but I think I will turn to a lot more window shopping in the near future. Skyping with my sis today and quizzing her on different prices and items available and how far behind is Sweden on my fav tv shows etc etc. when the laughter dwindled down and i was able to process all this "new" information, well.... lets just say that I will try my hardest to just go with the flow but inside I know that my frugal soul might have a heart attack one day in the shopping streets of Stockholm!