She was! Her husband died two years ago and has just reinserted herself back to her social circles only recently. But Zita ICly has been grateful for the support/help the Vargas family has shown her during the time, so she'll definitely be willing to socialise with them a lot more now even back then.
Having the shops close together will be a great arrangement to me. I'm all for that since Zita would be up to visiting the fashion boutique on a normal basis to see how Lucia was doing and catch up with. Even be willing to do errands/send along messages to other family members if you'll like that.