The Adventures of Tracy Guadalupe, Part 2

Tracy Guadalupe was just the weensiest bit antsy. Sure, she had a pretty good gig going: no rent, nice house, and she never had to lift a manicured finger. Still, she was about ready for some new action.

Then one evening she heard the garage door open and the limo drive away. An hour or so later, her housemates, Tyrone and Albert (or something like that) came banging into the house, laughing and chattering with someone. The someone turned out to be that goofy-haired woman who had first rescued Tracy from certain-death-by-boredom in her past life. (See "The Adventures of Tracy Guadalupe, Part 1", over there in the February 2010 archives.)

Tracy figured she probably owed this woman a little gratitude. But really, she came breezing into Tracy's room and settled right in like she owned the place, strewing around a suitcase, a handbag, a computer and about twenty pairs of reading glasses. 

From her perch on the dressing table, Tracy watched warily as the woman unpacked. Pretty ordinary stuff, not much color--but at least she owned a pair of leopard panties and a box of earrings.

 

Now that she thought about it, it might be okay to have another female around the house for a while. Anyway, this one was way too old to be any kind of competition, leopard panties or not. 

And sure enough, Tracy was right. She awoke two mornings later to the ring of one of her favorite words: shopping!! That's more like it, she thought, primping a bit in the mirror, envisioning a slick and sprawling mall with shoe stores and glitzy shops and food courts. The name of the mall seemed to be Tiangy's.

Tracy was tucked gently into a big airy bag with a beach towel in the bottom and carried out the front gate. The three friends began to walk...walk?? Wait a sec, guys, what about my limo!? demanded Tracy. They didn't seem to hear.

Moments later, they had arrived, apparently. She figured out from a conversation with two big strangers that they were at some podunk experiment called the Ajijic tianguis. The first thing she saw (oh, gross!) was this:

The second thing she saw was even worse. Barf!!

This was SO NOT what she had in mind.

Things looked up just a tad when she was introduced to Domingo, who had a very cute smile (kind of like Tracy's) and who sold...jewels!

She cheered up even more when she was serenaded by a roving rock star.

Then she spotted these way cool rhinestone-trimmed jeans...

...and matching sunglasses!  

Okay, thought Tracy--it's no supermall, but maybe this tianguis thing isn't as bad as it seemed at first glance. 

She saw some other girls there, but they didn't have much to say.

So she had a chat with a nice couple passing by.

She heard a guy call "honey!", but it turned out he wasn't talking to her.

 

Some people just seemed to be hanging out...

  

 ...while others were all wrapped up in their own thing and couldn't pay her the attention she deserved.

 

 

 

So she decided to just look around in case there was anything else she totally had to have. The food looked good, and she thought about buying some, but then she remembered that she didn't eat.

 

She considered picking up a few little things to decorate her room...

 

  

...but decided to look at clothes instead. She saw some stuff she kind of liked...

 
 
...but it was all too big for her. Until, suddenly, hanging right over her head, she saw the cutest dresses ever!

And then...how lucky can a girl get!?

 

Tracy batted her eyelashes at the rock star as she and her companions strolled back through the market. All in all, she thought, her outing hadn't been a total drag. Maybe, one of these days, Ted and Alex would take her on a REAL shopping trip. Until then, the Ajijic Wednesday tianguis would have to do...and she guessed a pretty girl could do a whole lot worse. 

After all, adventure is hiding all around us, and often in the unlikeliest of spots.

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Tracy and her housemates (who patiently contributed their time to help create this article) live in Ajijic, Jalisco, a swell little town about 45 minutes south of Guadalajara, on the shores of Lake Chapala.

Next week we'll go with a real live shopping guide into Tonala, Jalisco, on a search for some hanging lamps, a table top, and who knows what else. Later! 

Comments

[Candice]

She DOES have wings, Gretchen! As you say, pretty little fairy wings. And also pretty little devil horns. She is the perfect female.

[Gretchen Goodliffe]

I have just realized that Tracy has WINGS... pretty little fairy wings.....

[jeremyf]

All that shopping must have tuckered poor Tracy right out, no time or energy for any night life. Too bad, I bet that girl can really shake her Bon Bon.

[Jeanne]

Very cool market - I could do some shopping there!

[Nicole]

I agree, is there a Tracy book in the works? Best seller if you ask me!

[Char]

Loving it, am I seeing a book in the making? Such happy colors! Loving it!!

[Gretchen]

I would like to know if they got you one of those dresses?

[Gretchen]

Now that was priceless...... Tracy you are pure bling..... we love you, and Death By Boredom is over, for now. Just a little aside Tracy, there is talk of a castle being constructed up on a hill, overlooking an ocean, surrounded by possibilites of an action packed life. Not sure if there is a real bedroom for a small multi-coloured person, but you could/should ask. Meanwhile, thanks for finally getting "them" to take you out..... laughing is the best way to begin a Friday!

[KoKo]

Such great pix and wonderful color! Makes me wonder if El Arqui wants to throw up when he visits the tianguis because it is so vibrantly alive with color… or perhaps it is the sheer vibrance that paralyzes him when he's in his own element and scares him into the (boring) safety of beige! lol
XOXO Koko

[Dee]

Tracy gives a good tour! I hope she was rewarded by someone buying her that green gauzy Scarlett O'Hara number from the dress rack.

I'm sitting here in 38 degrees and rain, which is expected to turn to snow this afternoon. The bright colors and cheery sights of a Mexican market are a real pick-me-up from the cold snap blahs. I covet that big orange basket the basket man is carrying - I'd put it inside my entrance to catch hats, mittens and scarves.