Our Shopping Trip
It’s Humpday and time for Scrabble in a few hours. My nemesis, Sharon Gerber Scherer wrote to me while I was in Europe that nobody played while I was gone. I am not sure what that means, but I wanted to share it with you anyway.
How long does jet lag take to disappear? All I have the energy to do is sleep. I promised myself, as my sister and I were running to catch one train or another to someplace else in Europe, that I would NOT rush when I got home. Mexico is so helpful in the non-rushing department, so the outside is good, but my monkey brain is still working overtime. And, it doesn’t freaking matter in the scheme of things. There are always more trains.
My fridge is stocked with lovely, healthy food. I am waiting for hunger to motivate me to get up and cook something between lines or paragraphs; coffee is sufficient for now. I took a kilo of my fave Mexican coffee with me to Europe and a French press, so Patrice and I started each day properly. The Swedes have GREAT coffee and the most amazing pastries, certainly the best of all the countries we visited.
Back to yesterday’s events! The size of the tianguis at Coapinole was cut about in half from the usual hustle and bustle of the fall and winter markets. The rain is responsible for that, so expect much less merchandise if you go between now and October 15th, when the rains should shut off until next June.
Sharon, Janet Simmonds, and I wandered around the mud puddles, having a look at clothes, and a few things leapt off the table and into my arms before I could object. Half of the four pieces still had their tags on them. It’s fun to learn the prices of some of these things. For example, a chiffon top with a “Torrid” label sold for $61.90 in Canada and $48.90 in the United States. I paid 30 pesos, or $2.21 Canadian and $1.60 US. My other purchases were on a three-for-20-peso table, so I spent 50 pesos total.
If I could find a way to shop for food like I do for clothes, I would be sooooo rich! LOL! Our visit to Costco and La Comer completely and absolutely canceled any savings we had made. Although there are Costcos in Sweden and the UK, apparently, we didn’t see them.
Just as well, cat litter was not on our European agenda, and speaking of kitties – what a difference in my Bogie! He missed me, I guess, and is sticking close to my side since I have been back, is quite talkative, and is sleeping next to me almost all night long. The latter statement is enormous for this feisty male cat, who used to bite hard first and ask questions later. Bonnie Creztman, who came daily to feed him and pick up after his feats of flight through my house, was great with him. More on Bogie and Bonnie in the morning.