Stamp prices on the rise AGAIN

Where in the heck have I been?  I had NO IDEA that the price of stamps was going up! Or maybe I knew and I just can't remember, who knows!  But incase you didn't know or forgot, I thought I'd let you all know!  Don't forget to add those extra pennies to your letters in the morning!

Peel it and weep: It'll cost an extra 2 cents to mail a letter starting Monday.

The price of a first-class stamp will climb to 44 cents, though people who planned ahead and stocked up on Forever stamps will still be paying the lower rate.

It's the third year in a row that rates have gone up in May under a new system that allows annual increases as long as they don't exceed the rate of inflation for the year before.

While the new 44-cent rate covers the first ounce of first-class mail, the price for each additional ounce will remain unchanged at 17-cents.

Postal officials estimate the increase will cost the average household $3 a year.

Other changes taking effect Monday:

• The postcard stamp increases by a penny to 28 cents.
• The first ounce of a large envelope increases 5 cents to 88 cents.
• The first ounce of a parcel increases 5 cents to $1.22.
• New international postcard and letter prices are, for one ounce, 75 cents to Canada; 79 cents to Mexico; and 98 cents elsewhere.