Kristin and I put our purchases in the trailer and left in her car to shop at one of the stores that showed clothes at the fashion show. We got Kristin 3 slacks and top sets that are very nice. We didn't eat much after our lunch at Freddy's.
Monday I had to be at the clubhouse at 9:30 to help Dale prepare for a luncheon she and Coco were hosting. At the last minute Coco had to have a stress test so Dale needed help with preparations. I set the tables, cut up the vegetables for the salad and made Arnold Palmers to drink. Kristin and I helped serve and clean up a very delicious lunch!
After that we went to get manicures and pedicures. It was late when we got back home so I used my instant pot to make chicken soup. Then we stayed in for the night.
Tuesday was a cool, misty, crappy day. We are promised more normal weather for the next week. I will let you know how that turns out! Since Ted was unable to shoot, we left about 10:00 and headed to Mexico. Kristin wants to see all the places we go to when we are down in the valley. I get tickled at everyone's reaction when we park, walk across the bridge over the Rio Grande River and voila! We are in Mexico and walk right in. Immediately you are coaxed to take dentists' cards or encouraged to enter a myriad of pharmacies. Ted took off for Renee's pastry shop while Kristin and I perused the El Disco store then eventually met up with him for a cup of coffee. We continued walking down the street for awhile and then back up the other side eventually stopping at Pancho's Bar. We had a bit of lunch and then proceeded to Jessica's to get some medicine and a free margarita while listening to music. Our last stop was another pharmacy to get some Voltaren analgesic cream requested by a friend. This is good stuff for arthritis, muscle aches and pains. Then we made our way across the bridge.
Kristin wanted to see a Ropa, a place where lots of your clothing donations end up along with dry cleaner clothes not picked up, overruns, distress jobber inventory, etc. What she wanted to see was the huge mountain of clothes, pushed around by a forklift, and the many ladies sitting on it sorting clothes. They will buy good condition clothes for 30 cents a pound, launder and iron them, then hang them on their chain link fence for sale for a few dollars. It is a sight to see. We even posed for a photo! They have other things besides the pile and we saw little girls' uniform shirts still in packages for 50 cents instead of $7.
We made our way home and Ted and I left immediately for haircuts. We were both way overdue. Then we watched Shaun White win a gold medal for the USA. Too bad in the excitement he dragged our flag around, stepping on it. He meant no disrespect I don't think. He was just so emotional he didn't realize where the flag was but he caught hell on FB!
Wednesday we were expecting Gerre and Barry so we hung around waiting for them. It was nice having a day to stay home some. As soon as they arrived we left with Tommy, Susan, Jay, Stella and Kristin heading to Red Lobster. The combination of Valentine's Day and Ash Wednesday (no meat for us) resulted in a 1-1.5 hour wait for a table. None of us were up for that so we headed next door to Furr's Buffet where there was no wait and a big run on the fried shrimp. I chose the catfish!
After we dropped Barry and Gerre off at the motel we came home and visited outside with Susan until fairly late. Ted took Tucker for a walk before bedtime and we called it a day!
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