Loretta at the top of the heap!


Chuck looking on in amazement!


I don't know.....what do you think of this ??


Scaling the mountain of clothes.


The best find of the day were these "5X " pants that I think all 4 of us could have gotten into.


Unopened bales line the side of the warehouse.


Hmmm, where do I start???

Shortly after I got back from Toronto my neighbours Loretta and Chuck decided to take us to a "Ropa Usada" which means used clothes. They are huge warehouses filled with bales of clothing, new used, bedding linens and clothing of every description . They open up a bale on the floor and every one dives in to see what they can find. How fun is that!!

Some of the piles are 20 feet high and you just start climbing and pulling stuff out to see what you can find.

The Mexican people there get very possesive of their stuff. "Don't Touch Their Piles"!

You start by finding a pillow case or a bag of some kind to put your findings in and then go hunting. I found a very nice quilt, fleece jacket, sweater, some baby things for both McKenna and for Baby Logan. When you have gathered everything you want you take it over to the weigh scale and it gets weighed, then you pay anywhere from .30 to .50 cents a pound. We went to two different places and I spent under $10.00 and had two huge pillowcases filled wth stuff.

Although you really want to have a shower after you get out and of course wash all the stuff you bought it was great fun and something I will definately do again!

After we were finished we drove to Sun Palace for some well deserved lunch......very good. I got my fill of Sushi for the day. Definately a fun day out!