Another Wild Goose Chase and a Silent Auction

Yesterday involved an unplanned, very long drive down to the base south of Tucson and back.  It's a round trip of over 100 miles.  Mostly it was a waste of time.  The day before, when we got back from our trip to Costco, I was getting stuff out of the truck and I dropped Roger's new phone in the gravel.  He had liquid protective cover put on it when he bought it, which I think saved the screen, but it did put a small divot in the protective cover.   Oh, dear.  

I called the people at the base exchange who had sold us the phone and asked if they might be able to repair it.  "Well, maybe, but we need to see it."  In the meantime I realized I had not registered the product nor had we purchased insurance on the phones.  With the way I've been a fumble fingers lately, I thought it might be prudent.  We went on line and added the insurance, but since I'd thrown away the packaging we couldn't register the screen protector.  We had 3 days left of our 30 days before we had to do both.  

We got down to the base exchange and it was determined that they couldn't repair the scratch. I explained about not registering the product.  They took pity on us and the manager  took a new package and gave me the code from it so I could register it so we can make a claim in the future to get it fixed.  So, the trip wasn't entirely wasted.  We grabbed a frozen yogurt from the food court and headed back to the truck.  Maggie was with us and really was a good dog.  When we left her in the truck we told her we were "going to the store" just like we do when we go out.  She curled up in her bed and waited.  We were only gone maybe 20 minutes so she didn't have a long wait.  We ate our treat in the truck - gave her some dog treats and then headed back.  It was a very long afternoon.    

Today the Activities Club held a silent auction and then an open dessert auction to raise money for the Club.  I'd never been to one before and it was fun.  I managed to get one of the handmade baskets and a small purse for carrying only phone/wallet.   



The woman who donated the purse also donated 6 others - all in different fabrics.  I bid on all of them hoping for one.  I ended up with the one that had my least favorite colors.  Rog says it must have been everyone's least favorite colors or I wouldn't have got it.  It's ok, though, I'll use it for when I don't need anything but the phone and wallet. 

I was beaten out on a nice red one by $1 at the last minute!  I almost had two!  There were so many nice things - hand made items mostly, and some gift certificates.  Rog is thinking about making a couple of segmented bowls this summer to donate for next year.  I think they would go for a lot of money! 

Then they started auctioning the desserts.  Wow!  Pies going for an average of $60 and some even got to $110.  One pie that went for $100 was bought by the husband of the baker!  People even bid on an item, paid for it, then donated it for a second round.  One batch of cookies got auctioned three times and made about $60 each time. They raised a lot of money today - they served free nachos and margaritas and everyone had a fun time.  I am sure the margaritas were on purpose to loosen up the wallets!!!  I really enjoyed it!

Cold and windy this afternoon, but it was nice for our morning walk.  Our walking partner is back from her travels.  Maggie was very happy to see her.  A couple times while she was gone Maggie headed to her RV and would sit down and wait. I'd have to pull her to get her going.  

We put the potted plants in the shop for the night - expecting freezing temperatures for the next couple of nights.