Murder Mystery; Cruise For A Cause; Meat Juice

We were super-social last week with TWO public events!

The first was a Murder-Mystery night at The Nauti Crab - the theme was a high school homecoming dance. Nathan and I were assigned characters that were each other's dates, and pulled together pretty decent costumes, if I do say so! Especially for island limitations. I was the "rich snobby girl" and luckily, had a $9.99 dress from Amazon already inbound that fit the bill perfectly! I was able to pull together some costume jewelry, a crown, and a bedazzled purse, all on clearance at PINK Boutique, for around $21US. I bought sparkly ribbon to craft Nathan a tie that matched my dress, and cut down a stem of stargazer lily silk flowers to make us a corsage and boutonniere. 

I KILLED it on accessories at PINK! Their San Pedro store doesn't seem to have a FB Page

We took our island BFFs, Kit and Brian, with us.

I would have benefited from more expectations at the beginning (i.e. how many rounds of cards we would have, time allotted per round, etc), but that's just me - a socially awkward, over-planner. Overall, Rob and Krista did a great job with their first time hosting a murder mystery! We thought for certain we were shoo-ins for "best dressed," but as it turns out, the entire cast took this event VERY seriously! Which made it even more fun. Apologies to the random customers that walked in, not having any idea what was going on - seeing middle-aged women in evening gowns, screaming at each other (as our cue cards directed).

Man down! Our "murder victim" on the sand

We saw Joe from The Alibi post that they would be closed for a bit (as many restaurants do during slow season), so Friday, we made sure to go get the best fried chicken on the island! Unfortunately, during their downtime, they will have to relocate again, which certainly makes it tough to gain traction as a small business. 

Sunday, we (plus Kit and Brian) joined Xsite Belize for "Cruise for a Cause" - $100BZ per person, a six-hour catamaran trip, to benefit a local family's funeral expenses. I did misunderstand - I thought we would be moving for 6 hours; instead, we boated about 30 minutes to the south end of the island, parked, and stayed there for five hours, then sailed back. At any rate, $50US per person to be on the water for 6 hours was a value price in my eyes, and the crew was phenomenal - Rose constantly checked on us, Denroy, the first mate, sat with us for close to an hour talking about the island, and Captain Jerry did a flawless job navigating some decent waves. 

Not a bad view for five hours on a Sunday!

I have some video snips pieced together if you'd like more scenery/not much narration: Xsite Belize catamaran trip San Pedro Belize

We had to get something out of our neighbors' home, which we have been house-sitting for 2 months now, to give to another neighbor, and found that their power was out. For an indeterminate amount of time. With a freezer full of meat. We let them know their power was off on Saturday, but as of today, it still has not been restored. Fearful of meat-drippings coating their floor and sitting in an un-air-conditioned atmosphere, I manned up today and tossed out all of their meat. PRO TIP: If leaving the island for more than a week - and ESPECIALLY during Hurricane Season - do NOT stock up on meat! The things I touched, saw, and smelled will never leave my mind. Gagging sounds

I did take a picture, but I won't subject my readers to it. You're welcome ;)