There’s plenty of stuff to buy…

but it may not be what you want or need just now. I have commented before that you find the most amazing things for sale down in the sunday market, and these rolls of Made in Uruguay labels ( a la Cash’s woven name tapes) were just sitting out in the sun waiting to be snapped up by some garment manufacturer, I guess. … I’d have bought some if I could think of anything to do with it … well now that I think of it, I probably could have at least put one on every quilt I make while I’m here….well, next time we go I’ll keep a look out, if the stuff is still there I’ll take it as a sign and buy some to do something with. Perhaps something creative. Of course, if I go seriously looking for it, it won’t be there, may never appear again, things are like that here, quite often. Even in the regular supermarkets, things come and go from the shelves, sometimes reappearing, sometimes not. I suspect it is mainly fairly recent expats who really fuss. (We’ve got a pretty good stash of Vegemite, and sufficent hot english mustard to last for 6 months or more, probably) I have become progressively less bothered, and find myself shrugging my shoulders with out-turned palm gestures these days. There will always be something, it might not be exactly what I want, but it will probably do. Asi es Uruguay.

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