Wednesday, January 07, 2004
I thought it was cold yesterday but it is 39 today!
They promise it will be in the 70’s by the weekend. We certainly hope so.

We have now been to Ropa Usada. Not sure, but I think that means used clothes. I hope to get pictures posted soon. Many of my bargain hunting friends came to mind as I was rummaging around in this mountain of clothes that cost me a grand total of $1.95. It will cost me more to wash them than it did to buy them. We climbed up on this 8-10 foot tall mountain of clothes, settled in and started looking over the items we happened upon. There are all kinds of treasures to be found. Kitti had the find of the day with a patchwork quilt in perfect condition. Her bill was $3.47. Some of the parks have Ropa Usada fashion shows which I think is an excellent idea. We went to one of these places and there are dozens of them south of McAllen not Mission. I understand that these clothes will get shipped overseas from here. We could tell by labels and things that much of the pile we were working over came from Long Island NY. We have been coming to the Rio Grande Valley for years and didn’t know about this. I do know that my sister Myrla would go nuts over it and probably invest in an entire new wardrobe!