Do I take kitchen items? (non-electric)

Kitchen Aid you can  buy on amazon here, I believe and that is one thing I'd leave if you dont want to mess w/ electricals. Everything else you should prob bring.

KitchenAid things are sold in any good kitchen shop in the UK. Trust me, they're everywhere! You won't have a problem replacing anything. But ... and it's a big but ... they're much more expensive than in the US. Still, I left all of my electronic things, including my KitchenAid mixer and my Cuisinart.

The only thing i'd be concerned about is having a place to put all your stuff.  I'd say we tend to have less storage space over  here.

I sent my kitchen stuff over and I went crazy for the two months waiting to get here.  I was beyond HAPPY when my wustuf knifes, kitchen aid mixer+food processor, cast iron pans/dutch oven, and cusinart stainless steel pans got here.  I felt like I could finally cook again.  Now I probably could have bought some stuff that is similar here, but given that I don't have a car, I would have been limited for a while buying only what I could find in a small Tesco, so it was great to have my stuff show up! 

I think you have to recognize that some men just aren't going to get some of the things that are important to us.  I had questions about wanting to bring all the kitchen stuff I brought, but when I got here, I found I hated DH's kitchen stuff.  He's a good cook, but he doesn't do enough of it to appreciate what a difference good cookware makes sometimes.

It's probably also a cost factor.  Someone in the UK might think it silly you wanting to ship stuff over when you can buy it in the UK, but you coming from the US will naturally balk at the thought of spending so much money on new things for no reason.  £10 for a few mixing bowls and spoons might be nothing to him, but to you $20 could be better spent on other things.

My personal opinion - I still miss scales, bowls, spoons, knives, pots and pans that I lost on splitting up with a boyfriend (more than I miss the boyfriend!).     So I'm with you on this one.

Vicky

Well, we haven't gone down that road again. We pretty much packed away everything but the kitchen stuff.

I've looked into excess baggage prices with American and unaccompanied baggage with British Airways.

BA Cargo – unaccompanied baggage.
$5.59 per kilo
$80 doc fee
50lbs = $128

AA excess baggage
$90 per bag up to 50lbs
Extra $50 for 51lbs – 70lbs
Limit 3 excess baggage

Since DH will be heading to Stirling mid April with American, I want to send a few more bags with him so it's less for the official move. I think these rates are doable since the cost of replacing a lot of what I have well exceeds the baggage charge.

Now, to show him that we really need the stuff!!!  ;-)

BRING IT!

If you can find it here, and that's a big if with some things, I can promise you it's way more expensive than even the cost of shipping it.

I brought all my kitchen stuff, thankfully.

I'd definitely try and get as much as possible on that AA flight - it's much easier to show up with excess baggage and check it along with other bags than to mess around with cargo!

Definitely bring it!  DH insisted that some of the things I wanted to bring wouldn't be needed and almost two years on I still whine about the lack of plastic storage containers, pyrex bowls, and my cake & muffin tin.  Christmas 2006 my mother bought me some pyrex bowls that I carried back in my checked luggage.  I use them all the time!

It's worth it.  The $128 for 50 lbs is much cheaper than you'll ever replace them for. 

That's me!  But at the risk of losing business, I have to say that the current exchange rate would double the cost of replacing your Tupperware items by buying them from me.  Unless of course you are near London, then you could host a party and I would give you the stuff for free.

And if any other London-based UKY folks need anything, do drop me a line.

I'm familiar with Tupperware, but have never seen it for sale anywhere in Scotland apart from once in a while a Tupperware dealer will pop up on this forum to say they're taking orders.

Heh. I think all of my most cherished kitchen items that I'm bringing to the UK with me I actually bought in the UK! I have several favorite cookery shops over there. Those suckers will have traveled 6,000 miles in my luggage (and probably came from China in the first place).

Cheaper to ship them than buy them again, for sure. And it's always nice to have familiar kitchen equipment around you...