I just love to read your blog. I've never been to the States but I used to live in the UK for 2 years and I was under the same impression there. It's a funny exaple but when for the first time I bought tampons and there were 32 in the smallest box and 84 in the biggest and I said What? In Bulgaria you can found 8 or 16 max. Why should I buy so many, they'll be enough for a whole year :) It was the same with everything. Not to mention the "Buy one get one free" slogan which was everywhere. As to the clothes sizes they were huge. In Bulgaria I'm wearing small or sometimes middle size and in the UK it was easier to me to find what I want in the childrens' department :)