That's the thing Margaret, I've been offered a reasonable shipping allowance. It seems such a waste though (financially and moreover environmentally), to ship the basic practical stuff. I'm not particularly attached to 'things' in any event.

My most favourite things are my friends and my memories. I can't ship my friends over in a tea-chest, although some may come to visit, and my memories are mostly in my head, although some are also recorded in photo form, and I wouldn't want to entrust my most dearly loved photos to a shipping company.

I've never been particularly materialistic and so my favourite 'stuff' amounts to a few trinkets and things bought on my travels, shoes (but I'm going to limit myself as to how many pairs I bring over, because I want to -- and can -- travel light). I particularly like a lamp, a few pictures and paintings, my Le Creuset pans (although they are so stupidly heavy I wouldn't dream of shipping them half way across the world). I can live without those though (and I'm renting out my flat back home, so I can safely leave them here).

I want to bring some books over, because I understand there's a shortage of good English language reading material (although I guess even that's less of an issue with the new Virgin store).

I guess I'm wondering, what do people generally ship over?

What do other people use their shipping allowance for?