My boys (my stray cats) were having none of that and came to sit by the window ledge and whine until I finally gave up and went outside to feed them. Walked to the front gate to see if Mr. Joe's step-son's vehicle was there as I suspect he and his family no longer live there...me doing my happy dance! Only to see that more litterbugs had dumped trash along the fence line.
Lined my five-gallon bucket, put on my plastic gloves and started picking up trash at 7:00 a.m. The only person that came out was the nosy neighbor's son as he made his way to town I presume to buy breakfast.
Hum....breakfast? Yeah, I can go for that. I allow myself one day a week to eat whatever I want. The only problem is that it is Sunday and my favorite "menudo" selling restaurant now closes on Sundays. If I want to partake in their delicious dish I have to buy it the day before.
Headed to HEB where they make a version of "light menudo" and "lower fat barbacoa" though they would not get a five-star rating from me...it was "eatable".
It was so good not to have to encounter any crowds at the store that I took my time and went to price compare some items I have posted that I buy in Mexico.
Comparison Price Shopping
Garnier Nutrisse Hair Color sells at HEB for $6.97
The same item in Mexico sells for 39.00 Mexican Pesos divided by an exchange rate of $17.30 for the equivalent of $2.25 USD. That is a savings of $4.72 each which will more than pay for the $4.00 USD in tolls to cross to Ciudad Acuña.
I purchased a Garnier Fructis shampoo 650 ml for $39.60 Mexican pesos divided by an exchange rate of $17.30 for the equivalent of $2. 29 USD.
That same item was selling at HEB in Del Rio for $4.94 saving you $2.65 per shampoo bottle more than paying for the tolls to cross back to the USA which depending on the exchange rate range from $1.60 to no more than $1.80 USD.
While I still had 3/4 of a tank full I decided to top my tank as it is only a matter of time for prices to go up as high as they have in California where they are almost $5.00 a gallon.
Good night. May you all have Terlingua Dreams.
Spurs Corner
I have often said that if I did not write it down whether in my Personal Journal or my Blog...then it did not happen...tonight I will subscribe to that philosophy...tomorrow it might be a different story.
