A Hard Day's Work!!!

Hi, Ya'll!

What a day it was! We made our way up to the Outlet Mall at Anthem! We got a wheelchair for Sharon, and off we went! We covered a section of the Mall, and then stopped for lunch. Ellen got us a sandwich from Subway. We drank lots of
. . . . . . . water! (Ellen goes into her nursing mode when the temperature goes above 100 degrees. Today the temperature rose to 116 degrees!!!! )WOW! That is hot even for us El Pasoans!

We found everyone to be very helpful and cordial to us--everyone except the shoppers! People inside the stores were wonderful, but the shoppers would not help Ellen open the door. In fact, several men just walked on by knowing that Ellen could have used some help to hold the door open. Actually, more women helped than men. How sad, huh? As an interesting sideline, Sharon noted that the mothers of the world need to teach their children more manners such as chewing with their mouths closed.

We found some wonderful buys at almost all of the stores we shopped. Our final store was one named, "The Winery." There we met a wonderful lady, who let us purchase a glass of wine to enjoy as we shopped. We found some great wines--some we could afford, and some we could not. (Thanks, Paula and Jason, for the wonderful wine named, Cakebread Cellars!) We could not have afforded that one today. It was the perfect way to end our shopping expedition.

Below you will see some of the fruits of our labor! The trunk was full. Somehow, Ellen has to figure a way to get all of our things in the car. Sharon may have to sit on some of them. The sad thing is we still have another outlet mall to shop. (Boy, oh, boy.!)
Until next time. . . . . . . .