February 17, 2009 - Dolls

Today we went to El Progreso to check on some medicines that we will need for the medical clinic. The farmacia is owned by the doctor who we joined on the medical clinic a couple of weeks ago. It's in business district and when we FINALLY found a parking spot it was right in front of a place selling used baby dolls. Cindy loves baby dolls and has been wanting some for the house so when the girls come to the house they can play with them. We wound up paying 240 limpiras for two dolls. That's about $6.50 for used dolls. As we got in the truck we were commenting on the price being a little more than we expected. Then Cindy says "Well, at least were supporting the local rip-off economy." Probably had to be there to appreciate the comment. Sometimes, we wonder, who can afford to pay some of the prices we see? How can these stores sell enough stuff at some of these prices to survive? We weren't shopping where the gringos normally go to shop.