Shopping, or was that running errands? Whatever...

As you may remember, I went to Patzcuaro a week or two ago. I planned to buy a large mirror with a carved wooden frame, and a bookcase. I came back with a relatively small mirror with a tin frame. And a coffee table.

I was running errands a few days ago, and not having much luck. (Someday I'll write about my friend Nancy's theory of running errands in Zihuatanejo -- it has to do with starting out with a really long list in the hopes of accomplishing at least one or two things).

My list was short. Eat lunch. Buy two Talavera soap dishes. Get a few keys made. Pick up some papers at the lawyer's office.

What did I accomplish? I ate lunch. Sadly, my favorite lunch place had run out of chiles rellenos -- no surprise there, the cook/owner only makes them on Thursday and Friday and she often runs out. Usually she tells me that I am getting THE LAST chile relleno.

I've gotten THE LAST chile relleno so often that if I were a suspicious person I would think she was doing this on purpose. Maybe subtlely telling me that I should show up earlier for lunch. But this day she didn't have even one left. I had something else to eat, so I guess I can say I accomplished the task of eating lunch. It just wasn't the lunch I was looking forward to.

Then on to the Talavera place -- closed. On to the lawyer's -- closed.

We were riding on my friend Terry's scooter, so there was no problem dealing with the blistering afternoon heat. We detoured to check out the canal -- just that morning my friend Nancy and I had seen dozens of baby crocodiles swimming there, and I wanted to show them to Terry. Alas, mama crocodile had either moved them all away (I hear she carries them in her mouth) or they had all been eaten by something bigger.

Wait,where was I? Ah, the errands...I did get some keys made.

Then Terry and I stopped by a new furniture place I had noticed.
They had a mirror similar to what I've been wanting. The furniture maker promised to make me a larger one, carved with "birds and flowers," in 15 days.

So I may not have accomplished many of the things that were on my list, but I did get something done from an earlier list! Now I just have to wait and see if my idea of "birds and flowers" is anything like the furniture maker's idea. Or vice versa.

Shopping for ... Whatever

I went on a shopping trip to Patzcuaro last week. I usually have good luck shopping in Patzcuaro, and this trip was no exception.

I bought a couple of really cool things in the four days I was away. They weren't the things I planned to buy, but that's the way it always seems to go on my shopping trips in Mexico.

I was shopping for a bookcase and a full length mirror.

A nice wooden, rustic bookcase would fit into my living room nicely. I have some built in shelves, but they really aren't configured well for books. So my books end up being stacked any-which-way.

For a long time I've been looking for a full length mirror with a carved wooden frame, preferably painted. I have the perfect blue bedroom wall for it.

I returned from Patzcuaro very happy with my purchases. Unfortunately I didn't return with a bookcase. Or a carved wooden mirror.

I did have a mirror though. My friend Terry told me that this mirror was ME. I'm not sure what that means. It has flowers and birds and lots of color. The color part is definitely me. And it fits perfectly on the red wall in my living room. Not so much the blue wall in the bedroom.

I also came back with a coffee table. I hadn't been looking for a coffee table, but as soon as I saw this one I knew I had to have it. I guess it was ME too.





Oh, and I found this sweet little key rack. How could I resist?

Like many things that happen to me in Mexico, the trip didn't have the results I expected. I didn't get what I set out looking for, but I had some good meals and saw some beautiful scenery, spent some time in one of my favorite areas of Mexico with one of my favorite people. And there's always next time.