flickr photo by Olivander
We stayed at a lovely hotel in Miami Beach where there was always something doing, if the weather was good we could walk down to the pool or go to the beach which was a stones throw from the hotel. There were dancing classes, exercise classes, lectures and you name it, they had it.
As I'm typing this I remember one time they had a guest artist who would create a "work of art" with toilet paper!!
But I digress --
One day we decided to take a walk and discover what else the area had to offer. It didn't take to long before a very pretty young lady approached us and spoke directly to my husband. She explained that she was working for a Time Share Real Estate Company and the more people she got to listen to their pitch, the more commission she would make.
As an incentive she gave us a $10.00 gift certificate that we could use at a shopping mall right across the street. We had a free afternoon, didn't know anything about time sharing and agreed to go listern to the salesman's presentation. MISTAKE!!
flickr photo by ItsJerryTime!
The salesman showed us around the complex and then gave us his sales pitch. We told him up-front that we were not interested in this property but he won't let go, he was desperate to make the sale. What we finally had to do was just walk out on him!
Ok, we got out of there alive, now we had a gift certificate to spend. What we found at this shopping mall was a bank, a podiatrist's office, a beauty shop, a dress shop and a drug store. We went into the dress shop and what do you know, there was nothing in the shop for under $100.00. Forget that, but I was bound to use that certificate.
Next stop, the drug store, I really didn't need anything there but I keep looking. Finally I found something that I could spend the $10.00 certificate on!
Better Homes and Gardens "New Cook Book." Bantam Revised Edition 1982
The only trouble with that was the book cost $14.50 plus Florida tax. The good thing was, I have enjoyed that cook book all these years. ;-)