diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cf8b95a..a97b84a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
 fishbowl.log
 fishbowl/fishbowl.ini
 
+fishbowl_api.egg-info
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/fishbowl/api.py b/fishbowl/api.py
index 14265b6..2a43d56 100644
--- a/fishbowl/api.py
+++ b/fishbowl/api.py
@@ -665,8 +665,9 @@ def get_so(self, number):
     def save_so(self, so):
         request = xmlrequests.SaveSO(so, key=self.key)
         response = self.send_message(request)
+        # print etree.tostring(response)
         check_status(response.find('FbiMsgsRs'))
-        return objects.SalesOrder(response.find('SalesOrder'))
+        return objects.SalesOrder(response.find('.//SalesOrder'))
 
 
 class FishbowlAPI(object):
diff --git a/fishbowl/objects.py b/fishbowl/objects.py
index 55b0c93..6d0397d 100644
--- a/fishbowl/objects.py
+++ b/fishbowl/objects.py
@@ -11,19 +11,23 @@
 
 
 def fishbowl_datetime(text):
-    return datetime.strptime(text, '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S')
-
+    if isinstance(text, str):
+        return datetime.datetime.strptime(text, '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S')
+    elif isinstance(text, datetime.datetime):
+        return text.strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S')
 
 fishbowl_datetime.type = datetime.datetime
 
 
 def fishbowl_boolean(text):
-    if not text:
-        return False
-    if text.lower() in ('0', 'false', 'f'):
-        return False
-    return True
-
+    if isinstance(text, str):
+        if not text:
+            return False
+        if text.lower() in ('0', 'false', 'f'):
+            return False
+        return True
+    elif isinstance(text, bool):
+        return 'true' if text else 'false'
 
 fishbowl_boolean.type = bool
 
@@ -142,7 +146,7 @@ def get_xml_data(self, base_el):
             if six.PY2:
                 key = key.encode(self.encoding)
             if children:
-                if [el for el in child if el.text.strip()]:
+                if [el for el in child if el.text and el.text.strip()]:
                     data[key] = self.get_xml_data(child)
                 else:
                     inner = []
@@ -167,8 +171,13 @@ def __setitem__(self, key, value):
             raise KeyError('No field named {}'.format(key))
         expected_type = self.fields[key]
         expected_type = getattr(expected_type, 'type', expected_type)
+
         if expected_type is None:
             expected_type = six.text_type
+
+        if not inspect.isclass(expected_type):
+            expected_type = expected_type.__class__
+
         if not isinstance(value, expected_type):
             raise ValueError('Value was not type {}'.format(expected_type))
         self.mapped[key] = value
@@ -392,8 +401,8 @@ class SalesOrderItem(FishbowlObject):
         ('CustomerPartNum', None),
         ('Taxable', fishbowl_boolean),
         ('Quantity', int),
-        ('ProductPrice', int),
-        ('TotalPrice', int),
+        ('ProductPrice', decimal.Decimal),
+        ('TotalPrice', decimal.Decimal),
         ('UOMCode', None),
         ('ItemType', int),
         ('Status', int),