A little good with a little bad

So, today was wonderful right up until the point when I was almost mugged, haha. Today, a whole crew of us girls met up at the "Mercado del Puerto (Port Market)" to have a birthday lunch for Elsa (another exchange student from California). It was a delicious meal followed by a saxophone accompanied rendition of "Feliz Cumpleanos." The day was beautiful and so the short walk to get the bus would've been pleasant had we not have been followed by a couple of trouble makers. They started asking for money and we told them we didn't have any (total lie, Cat had just withdrew a month's worth of rent from the ATM). Then one of them told the other to circle to the other side, but I think the one was scared and backed off a bit. The other boy however, grabbed my purse and tried to run off with it. It was a good thing he was an amateur and I'm a tough cookie. I held on to my bag and although it now has a broken strap, the boys were easily scared off and didn't get anything. It was broad daylight with tons of people around, though! I was shocked! Oh well, no harm done. I'm definitely signing up for a self defense class when I get home though. When it happened I didn't even yell, I just kinda stood in shock and held on tight. Next time, I'll be prepared with some karate moves or tai chi tricks, or just some pepperspray would've been nice. And to think...I told Cat when we first arrived that I wanted to buy some pepperspray and she laughed and said I was paranoid...ha what now Cat?

The picture was taken earlier but is kinda where the attempted mugging took place, lol.