Mexican bargains

Several of my neighbors have been on shopping sprees in Laredo and the big prize this year seems to be chimineas, which I think is Mexican for big clay pot with a hole in it. The prize pictured below was purchased by my neighbors Don and Patt (she really spells it that way) for $25.00 including the stand. Their problem now is to get it to Iowa in one piece. We've already heard from one couple who left Friday and theirs made it all the way to Houston before it collapsed into a pile of rubble.