Chandler, AZ: Sam's Club, Costco, Harley Davidson Store & Mary Lynn Spills The Beans

It rained all through last evening, starting about 11 pm and ending early this am. It was a little breezy with occasional showers. Still a beautiful day however with the rain Mary Lynn and I decide to get a few chores accomplished.

We had some returns for Sam's Club so we headed about 30 miles North to the Sam's Club in Chandler, Arizona. WE try to limit our trips to the 'big box' stores since it is so easy to overspend in; plus we no longer need the huge quantities that Sam's Club & Costco typically offer.

In fact, we are always looking for ways to economize on both money and quantity.

In any case, we headed north to return a few items and to pick up some groceries & medicines at Sam's Club. As always we bought a few items that had not been on the shopping list. A few items of clothing found their way into our cart. Oh well, overall we did pretty good however, when it's time to pay for everything, the total is always a few dollars higher than we had planned.

Then we headed to the Chandler Harley Davidson shop to buy a new battery for the Harley. The old battery lasted five years which is pretty good. They better last a long time since a new sells for $160 a pop. Ouch! However, the darn Harley is too heavy to push start....

We arrived back at Palm Creek a few minutes before 5 pm so MLA ran in to the activities office and signed out some Pickleball racquets. I had originally thought we would buy a couple of racquets however they sell for 40 -75 dollars each. We're only going to be here for another 6-7 weeks so I think we'll keep using the loaners until we leave for California.

Across from the activities they have a BBQ vendor who sells a number of items. We decided to get a couple of BBQ rib sandwiches however they had run out. So we grabbed a couple of BBQ Beef sandwiches; mine with cole slaw and MLA got the beans as her side order.

Well, if you read this blogs title you might guess what happened next. As MLA was getting out of the car carrying the two sandwich boxes, one of them slipped and fell to the ground. Fortunately for me, it was MLA's sandwich and beans. Made a mess inside the box however no real damage. Other than her pride....

Oh, I installed the battery in the Harley after dinner and now she purrs like a kitten. Can't wait to get out and take a few rides.

See Ya!