The market

Last night the power must have gone out 8 times while I tried to upload the blog. The electricity here is sparse and uneven, the upside to that is that Italians have come up with and maintained all sorts of power saving habits and devices. In fact, today I'll probably purchase a drying rack to put into our basement for laundry. (Update 9/2 Did buy two drying racks and I'm using them CONSTANTLY, unfortunately I'm still backlogged on laundry). I'm really hoping that it will help with the laundry issue, we must have 12 loads backlogged right now.

I went to the market with my friend Courtney this morning. When you shop for clothing in the markets here it's entertaining to say the least. We have both decided that skirts and tanks are the proper shopping attire. To try an item on you can either 1. try it on in public, this happens even with swim suits/bras/etc. (usually over other clothing, not always) 2. hop in a van for this with other people, door open 3. hope they have a little stand set up with curtains for us silly Americans. Courtney and I lucked out and found the makeshift dressing rooms... thank goodness. I was able to score some really cute things, including, but not limited to, the quintessential little Italian red dress that I didn't know I needed till I saw it. Now I just need a huge hat and some serious heels to go with it.