I really appreciate my landlady’s effort in putting some comfier seating in the house this winter. But faux leather is rather sticky in this climate. So I’ve been meaning to cover the chair with something. I priced sheets, fabric, table cloths, even curtains.

Finally, I decided that I wanted one of the rougher machine woven traditional Mexican blankets, preferably in purple, to sort of match my kitchen curtains. I laughed when I priced one in the Golden Zone at a whopping $200, best price $170. I was offered a slightly better price of $160 firm at the Mercado here and $140 firm in Durango. So yesterday, I ran into the beach blanket vendor here on Isla and made an appointment to check out his wares today.

I came home with this for $100:

Who you know is important!

I almost peed myself laughing when another vendor ran up to him and told him to stop bothering me because I’m an Islander and he retorted, “She’s my friend! We made a date for this!”