Before I left I took the container of fudge to Tia and explained it was for the fiesta. I discovered the lady from Denver had come in during the night and is here for a week or so. She loves to go spend her days at the pools under the hot water spigot. I greeted her and said I would be back. I hoped to get back about 4:00.
Ziomara and Maria Jose picked me up as soon as I got in front of the church and she said we were going to Masxmenos. I have heard about it but had not been there yet. Lovely shopping center and the super market is very large and nice. It is another member of the WalMart family. We checked out the whole mall and in one of the stores I bought little wooden Christmas decorations for my Judi tree. We did ask about turkeys but not until next week.
For lunch she made spinach soup, salad, rice, beans and beef steak. It was all great. Douglas went to the store and bought a cake and candles. Tomorrow is Douglas jr's 14th birthday.
Ziomara and I sat down to go over what I brought and she decided she wanted to keep all the hats and scarves for the yarn shop. She also said she is looking for a new location where they could expand. They are looking at moving in January and she has a couple possibilities already. They really need parking and that is a major problem in central Cartago.
She also decided she liked all the bows I brought. When she comes for thanksgiving she will get a few more and the sewing machine. Then I will go to her house for a sewing lesson.
It was closer to 5:00 when I got back to La Quinta. I came back just as loaded as when I went. I brought the big and little plates, silverware, napkins and garbage bags I had bought and left at Ziomara's house. I also brought about 40 wicker plate holders to put under the plastic plates. I dropped everything off at home, put on my red bandana, and went to say hello at Papa's party. Right after I got there the mariachi band arrived. The music was loud and good and papa did a lot of dancing with all the ladies. Pretty much everyone was in dark pants, white shirt and a red or blue kerchief around their necks. Myself included. Once they passed out noise makers and the whistles started blowing I headed home.
Not that much later there was a knock on the door and it was Flors with a plate of tamales and cayetta. The cayetta is a very sugary candy. I have made it once before with Gerardo's sisters teaching me. I have tried several times but I just don't care for tamales. I eat the meat and vegetables in them but not the doughy part. And, for those concerned with my blood sugar, I don't care for the cayetta either. Now the bread with the cream filling that I bought at the bakery yesterday was really great! Tonight was the first time I had seen Flors in quite a while so I was able to invite her to Thanksgiving.
The thing I like about the parties is by 8:00 they are pretty much over. I could hear clean up going on and by 8:30 everything was dark and quiet.
My delivery.
Looking Costa Rican.
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