Happy Valentines day

Happy valentines to all of our blog followers and lurkers out there.
  Got up early and went to coffee & donuts.  Get this it was Marg's idea; no kidding!  Some of her friends came by to ask what happened, 2 weeks in a row, but she never got singled out as a new arrival, so that was good.  Changed tables for today and we were drawn second to go up for donuts.  My jinx is busted, maybe now I won't be at the last table every week.  It was good that Marg went as she was mentioned a couple of times when the various people reported on the success of the patio sale, it was nice to see her get some recognition for the time she put in.
  After we went out to the Santan mall, that's where Total wine is.  They had a special on Seagram's VO, they had 1.75 litre bottles for the just under the price of a 750 ml.  Not sure how they do that, but what the hay!  May have trouble staying within the 1 liter duty free limit when we go home, LOL.  We have found that when they are very busy at the border, like the first week of April, they usually let you go even if you tell them you are over.  Time will tell.
  Being valentines day we went for lunch to Ruby Tuesday, one of Marg's favourites.  She had the salad bar, as per usual while I ordered from the menu.  Two other couples we know from the park here were out with their valentines there as well.  I kidded the guys that it was nice to see them doing the right thing and they gave it right back.  It was a great lunch and a nice way to start our day together.  One of the guys that was there always jokes about not buying a card, instead he just takes his wife to Walmart and lets her read them all.  Pretty funny guy.
  After lunch I drove on to the Nordstrom's outlet store, again one of Marg's fav's.  She was not so successful there as the last time, but she did well at TJ Max, next door.  Me on the other hand, I stayed in the car and read my pocket book, that way we both enjoy the shopping experience more.  LOL  It's quite a way from here, in fact farther than the Az Mills outlet mall, but was a special day.
   Made it back to the park in time for cocktail hour.  Went to Nancy & Larry's, which is becoming a regular stop for us.  She is one of the gamblin' gals that Marg hangs out with.  It's an interesting group for both of us as there are a couple of Marg's pals there and there are 3 of the golfing group and 2 of the desert rat patrol guys at it, so no shortage of conversation.  There is even one couple who's last name is Smith, any relation Char?  LOL  As usual we divided up like the Hutterites, guys over there, girls over here.  Lots of talk about the big fraud scam going on down here.  Some of the couples there have been hit: 2 on their credit cards, 1 on a debit card and 1 has had both of their bank accounts attacked.  It's big news here and the source of much of the problem is anyone shopping at Basha's.  Fortunately we rarely shop there.  The paper yesterday had a big article about the FBI getting involved with the investigation.  It said their are over 1,400 victims so far and they have made one or two arrests.  Usually the phony charges come from far away, Minnesota in one case, Europe in another and the amounts start out small but get big quick.  Some of it is outright charges to the visa cards, but there are variations of it.
  It was a gorgeous day, in fact too nice for the long pants I had on.
  For supper it BBQ tonight, although I offered, Marg said eating out once today was enough.   Dentist called, apparently we will be spending our quality time on Tuesday afternoon.