Hi Liz!
Glad to hear from you, and happy to hear that you had a good time collecting
Can't wait for the pics of them and sights. When my daughter-in-law
visited here, she did so much shopping that she found it less expensive to
box everything and ship it UPS to her home. I don't know how that would work
from the Islands though.
Peggy & The Girls!
In New York
-------Original Message-------
From: Liz Bickel & Irv Weinberg
Date: 4/14/2011 10:30:14 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Chihuahuas] Checking in - found some Chi collectibles
Hello, everyone.
I haven't checked in since I got home from the Caribbean.
Great trip over all, but the news that might interest this group is
the Chihuahua "stuff" I collected during my travels.
First I found a stuffed, singing & dancing Chi in the Dallas
airport. Too cute & I couldn't resist. Then, in Miami I found the
cutest little Chi in a blue basket (a sculpture) that I now have
sitting on my kitchen island to hold doggy meds. Because it's a
heavy piece, I was concerned about it pushing my luggage over weight
limit going home.
If I didn't buy anything else, I'd probably be okay in my luggage
weight. However, this all happened during day #1 of my trip, and I
had another 3 weeks to go.
The stuffed Chihuahua sat on my bed the entire time I was away from
home. Not quite the same as a real Chihuahua, but it made me think
of my real Chihuahuas.
Day #3, however, I found the cutest Chihuahua Wine Holder at the
beach in Virgin Gordo. That was someplace I never dreamed of finding
a Chihuahua collectable. I've never seen anything like it; so I had
to get it. He's a cute, little Smooth Coat with a big smile and a
place to put a wine bottle next to him. There was a matching
Chihuahua wine stopper, too. The only problem was that he is
extremely heavy (like stone); so I knew this would put my luggage
over weigh limit going home. Oh well. It did. He probably weighs
5 or 6 pounds. Maybe more. So I ended up sticking a lot of smaller
(but heavy stuff into my rain coat pockets) to keep the suitcase
under 75 pounds.
Then in Dallas on the way home, I found still another Chihuahua
collectible. This time it was a standing, ceramic Chi that was made
in Mexico. He came in bright colors, and I picked red. Only he was
10 inches tall, and I had no room left in my carry on's or my rain
coat. That was a challenge getting him onto the plane with my camera gear.
A Caribbean trip is certainly not a trip where I expected to find
Chihuahua "goodies", but finding these collectibles made my trip
extra memorable.
I'll have to take photos of the things I found. The Chi Wine Holder
and the Mexican Ceramic piece are really cute.
Liz
