We leave tomorrow for St. Vincent, so there were a few things we needed before we go. I’ve wanted to replace the Maui Jim shades that Peter threw away after I let him borrow them, for a while. I wanted a couple of comfortable swimsuits. I had a $50 gift certificate (that Goliath won for me at Rocky Horror) from Island Tribe boutique. Emmy has been eating our shoes (flip flops), so we both needed more footwear, and we wanted to see what they had for doggie “breed” pendants at Nelthropp and Lowe Jewelry store because Goliath won a gift certificate for a free one at the hollween costume contest.

I actually went into town in the morning since I had to go to the bank, so I cheated and got the shades and suits when there were very few people out shopping yet. Hot Heads is the place to get good swimsuits. They have all the different colors and styles, and they’re extremely helpful. I hate to shop, but they make it very pleasant. So I got two, plain, comfy one-piece suits that we can wear hiking on St. Vincent and I can just take off my shorts and shoes and hop into a waterfall or mountain pool. Cool! The Mauis from Quiet Storm are a no brainer. Sue was working and I got what I wanted right away, with a smile and a “just bring them in if you need them repaired or replaced and I’ll send them out for you”. Sue’s awesome!

I stopped in to see Nikki at her store, then headed to the bookstore for a journal to record our trip since we won’t have blogging capability out in the middle of nowhere. Then home for lunch before going off to work in the afternoon. Most of my really great regular clients are back on island for the winter now, so it is a pleasure to carry my table out to where they are. I would finish at 6pm and head to town to meet Michael, Peter and Heike, Carsten and Amanda, and shop for the rest of the stuff.

I didn’t want to interfere with their time, so as soon as I got there I went to Island Tribe. There’s never anything there that I feel would look good on me, so it was a challenge. But they had some sarongs and I bought four of them for a grand total of 50 bucks, which my GC covered. Then it was time for one of Luncheria’s frozen margaritas. The hard stuff was over.

Michael called as I was finishing at IT and met me on the way into Luncheria. They were pretty busy. Luis was there and poured me my usual Tervis Tumbler full of green slush (yum!), and I told him we’d probably be back to eat a bit later, since I needed my tostada fix for the week.

We went to Nelthropp and Lowe to check out the pendants. They didn’t have a “shephuahua”, but said that if we brought them a picture of Goliath, the guy would create a custom one for him. I asked if he could paint party beads on it too? And Emily said “sure!” Cool! We’d do that when we got a chance.

On to Purple Papaya for maybe some cheap “crocs”. They’d had a bunch of them in the months before, but were way down to only a couple of sizes in a couple of colors which didn’t suit us.

So we went over to SCUBA to check on their always full inventory of crocs and croc sandals. I found some water crocs to replace the ones that Emmy ate, and some cute sandals too. Michael found some real rugged ones in black that fit him, but then decided to go with orange. At that point, we were done with our mission. But I wanted to check on Nikki in case she needed food. (A mother always wants to make sure her children are fed) Of course she needed food. She had told Gloria that she was hungry at 3:30. It was after 7 by now. So I got her some “saltfish” pates from the nice ladies in front of Quiet Storm, brought them to her and we went back to Luncheria for my tostada and a margarita refill. Nikki had also requested a diet coke, so we got her one and brought it to her. When we got there, she hadn’t eaten her pates because they were Beef!! Ugh!! So I brought them back to the nice ladies who replaced them with saltfish and Nikki finally got some dinner.

We needed to return Heike’s cell phone to her. Michael borrowed it to call me so we could hook up when I got into town. He needed to borrow it because, although I reminded him earlier in the day to charge his phone, and he did, he also left it on the table when he got distracted making sure his camera was charged. He’s so cute!

Anyway, P & H & A & C & Vinnie were down in the Caravelle Arcade dancing to the music of Kurt Schindler and Heike came over to give me a hug and get her phone from Michael. I also got a hug from Peter and waves from Carsten and Amanda who were on the other side of the fountain. It was crowded and the music was loud, so I suggested we go back a little way so as not to hurt Goliath’s ears. He was already exhausted from his day, so we didn’t want to overtax his little-big system. We passed in front of Janelle (Kurt’s wife), who was selling T-shirts and CDs and I liked the little tank tops, so bought one of those. Kurt has told us to feel free to burn his CD’s, so we have them all.

After our purchase, we ended up walking back to Nikki’s and getting our bags full of stuff to bring home. We’ll sort through the stuff later…..

Tags: St. Croix

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