Saturday, December 4, 2010

Crazy Weather but an UH-MAZING day

Today officially marked 'Christmas' for me as I walked with Catie up and back down the Champs Elysees from Place de Concorde (after showing her the one-and-only WHSmiths in Paris - my little piece of Heaven!) to see the Christmas Market! It was really lovely - slightly tacky - but what Christmas Market isn't?! All the stalls were set up in little chalet-type cabins, selling all the usuals - a LOT of salami, chocolate, Russian Dolls, woodcrafts, hundreds of pashmina and woolly hat stalls, and even more fast-food stores selling hot dogs, chips, crepes, doughnut sticks... You name it! What also added to the Christmas-effect was torrential snow, particularly annoying when you're walking and it starts filling up your ear, but best for detecting craply-made foot wear. Catie's Zara boots proved very disappointing, and resulted in the poor girl hanging up her socks to dry in a cafe and stuffing her boots with napkins. My well-doused-in-waterproof-spray FitFlop boots survived the snow storm which I was chuffed about! 


 
  
  

The Christmas market was good though, although who would actually buy even ONE of those foul-smelling roasted chestnuts I'll never know, and the obsession for Amber jewellery was quite absurd! Anyway it was fun (I don't think I've ever seen so much chocolate in all my life!), and Catie's now got me hooked on Gap (we went to some 'real' shops as well), though the Parisian prices are a huge deterrent. We searched the entire store for the most gorgeous cashmere stripey snood, and upon finding it, learned it was a sweet 109 euros! We looked in H&M at dresses for Christmas, and Zara fuelled my passion for elbow-padded jackets. :)


Later this afternoon after stocking up on magazines from Smiths, we caught the metro down to Porte de Versailles to meet up with some more friends - Canadian/American, living in France for a year whilst studying in French. I was instantly jealous of the fact they have their own flat! But it was so great being with a group of English speaking people. I laughed so much this afternoon/evening - always the best medicine - and my hot chocolate making skills were extremely appreciated. 


This evening I returned home at the same time Mrs Meddle was walking into the main room with a handful of steak knives to lay the table. She didn't look to happy to see me, so made a dash for it (and my life!) upstairs. I was deliberating how best to annoy her regarding all the cups in the sink - which were STILL there. I think she even put the dishwasher through yesterday - but deliberately didn't put the cups and things left in the sink through. And she's how old??? *eye roll to the back of my brain and beyond* I could either have left the cups there, or tipped all the water down the forbidden-drain and then put them in the dishwasher. In the end I took the upper ground; tipped all the water down the sink, loaded up the dishwasher and put it through on the highest and longest wash (sorry, Planet...). I figured she'd only leave them there until she leaves (if she ever will), and I'd be faced with them on Monday, or Tuesday, or Easter... (WHEN WILL SHE LEAVE?)


14 days till I come home!!! :D:D:D So excited - I'll get my CAR, EMAILS on my BlackBerry, Shops with good prices, my DEBIT CARD to use wherever and whenever without the worry/annoyance of exchange rates, oooh and CARPETS, comfy sofas and a hoard of chick flicks! (Get ready for a movie marathon, Rosie!!!) And when we're putting up the Christmas Tree we've planned to watch Parent Trap! I think only my brothers know the full meaning of 'I know all the words!' when I talk about Parent Trap... (Be warned!)

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