Shopping

Hello, Leroy and I had quite the shopping trip this morning. We got a new small clothes drying rack because our old one had broken in several places. Leroy had diligently tied it together, but now it needed to be tied each time it was set up. This morning he had had enough and declared, “We are going to get a new rack!” While in that store we looked at the clearance aisle where we found quite a few packages of underwear for adults and one for boys. These had been marked down to half price! What a deal! We know that our friend who works with the homeless and refugees might know what to do with all of them. I called her, but she did not answer so I left a message. After a wait, probably short, but maybe I am impatient, I asked a clerk who was working there about returning them if they were not needed. She said, “Oh yes that is a fine idea. Sometimes people come in, tear open a package, check the size and then stuff it back in the bag. These would be quite nice.” My friend called back to say, “Oh yes we could use all sizes and for both sexes as well as the package for boys.” So we bought all they had. She also asked if we would be willing to buy a certain size bag she needs for the meals for the homeless. We found those and bought the ten boxes she requested. She said that we would be paid for these, but we decided to add that to our donation. It gave us quite a good feeling to contribute just exactly what was needed. Tomorrow we will help pass out the meals for the homeless who pick the meals up at the door. We are supposed to have a blizzard tomorrow but we can walk to church so driving is no issue. Again we are happy to contribute time and energy. What a nice way to end one year and start another. Paula