One of the things I budgeted for this month was the purchase of a hand woven Mexican blanket sold by one of the beach vendors. I was due for a new bed spread at home and I need an extra one here for the chilly nights like we’ve had this week.

I’ve been chatting with the vendor for weeks, getting a feel for prices and colours available, and promised to buy a blanket this week.

I went down to the beach today to see if he would be there and, if so, what colour blankets he would have. I wanted primarily pink with some yellow, orange, and green to go with my current colour scheme, and also some purple to fit a future colour scheme. Well, he had a blanket today that was pretty dang perfect except that it had blue instead of purple, so I bought it!

When I first saw these blankets, I found them a bit garish for my tastes, but they have really grown on me! I am really pleased with it and especially that the vendor remembered and honoured the last price he quoted me.

I know that just about everyone at the RV park has bought from this guy, so Contessa will know if I got a good deal or not, but I think I did very well. When we discussed blankets at the end of December, the man told me that the big hand woven ones (my size) were 500 pesos, but he’d let me have it for 400. The price went down on each visit, with no prompting on my part. Today, I handed over 250 pesos.

The tightly woven texture is just gorgeous. I was advised that they wash beautifully in the machine with cold water and, of course, no bleach!

It was so inexpensive that I am going to budget to buy another one in April in case he happens to have one that features purple and orange or blue and orange. I just might be hooked!

Oh, and the blanket is on the small size. It just covers the double bed with no overhang, so is probably meant to fit a twin bed. It’ll be perfect for my overhead loft bed, where there is no room for overhang anyway.