Day 17, 18 and 19 - The Heat is on!!

Car temperature at around 3:00 on the Belt!! No joke!!

I'm back, internet is fixed and I even squeezed in a trip to AC for my anniversary! AC was nice but too hot. I was nervous to go because I knew I had to get the girls stuff and I wanted to shop - they just opened new Tanger outlets there and I love my outlet shopping! The first night was not challenging because I just wanted to enjoy myself. They had a nice Margaritaville Restaurant there with a gift shop. The shirts were nice and surprisingly some were made in the US!  I was also able to get my mom a Tervis Margaritaville mug as a thanks for watching the girls and dog - go Tervis. I'm happy that Jimmy Buffet has Made in America stuff - that says a lot about him and his brand.

 On the boardwalk there are little trinket shops but I could not bypass my favorite saltwater taffy place! http://www.fralingers.com/

I know this was made in America because it was invented here. I love this country!!

Where Did Salt Water Taffy Come From? Salt Water Taffy originated in Atlantic City in the 1880’s. Legend has it that Salt Water Taffy received its name by accident. A young candy merchant opened a taffy stand on the first Atlantic City Boardwalk – then just two steps above sea level. One night a generous tide brought in a surf which sprayed sea foam over his establishment and dampened his stock of candy. The next morning, the merchant was dismayed to find his merchandise wet and responded to a girl’s request for taffy with a sarcastic but witty, “you mean Salt Water Taffy.” The name stuck! ~from Fralinger's website.

If you have never had saltwater taffy, the peanut butter chews are the best!!! 

Other than that, we could not locate any other article of clothing that was made in the US. I saw a lot of this:

 

which ticks me off!! So we grow the cotton here in America, ship it over to Haiti have them make the shirt and they ship it back. How Is that cost effective? I am so interested to see a breakdown of how that works - I have to research this. Next weeks mission...This also ticks me off. All our flags and Americana, "Made in China". I wonder how they feel to produce the majority of our American decorations? Anger, indifference, smugness that we can't do it ourselves...I wonder...

I couldn't resist, I wanted to go to the outlets just to browse - I knew I could not purchase anything though. I popped into Disney but nothing - I have to get the girls something!! I bypassed Crocs because I know they are either made in Mexico or China. After that we heading back and God punished me for attempting to shop because I ended up with heat exhaustion. Not a fun thing and something I would not wish on anyone. Therefore my shopping was done and I took it easy the rest of the time.

I did manage two things before we left early though. I did find my girls kites on the boardwalk that were made in America - it was either that or God forgive me - Hermit Crabs!!! I really didn't want to do it, they stink and carry salmonella, but they do come from here.

The other thing I managed was giving my husband the "ugly shirt". His exclamation of "What the hell is this??" was a dead giveaway that he did not like the shirt. It will go back with the Flojos (non American shoes) next week. 

Good time, but I missed out on some primo shopping. My husband lucked out. He did not get me anything because he could not find anything made here. Have you heard of a gift card??  I'll let it slide because this was not his idea, I really can't expect him to shop around like I am. I just get him back next month!!!