Whats the budget?

For shipping, I packed stuff myself and shipped to a Performance Bike... they were nice enough to hold on to it for me for a week. I bought some stuff and said a lot of thanks when I got there, so you might want to try something similar.

"When I start talking to myself, should I concern myself with the stares of strangers?"

Yes... if they are talking to you at the same time... otherwise, no... the louder the better. Self is rather interesting person to talk to usually... but not all the time... people get strange ideas when you do that too much.