It's a nice 'n' easy weekend. No kids at all -- they're all off doing other things. We started off our weekend by going yesterday to surprise a friend (her husband's lovely idea) for her upcoming birthday, which I discovered is the 20th, the day after MINE!
After that surprise breakfast party, Georges and I headed over to Rivoli to do a little shopping, and came away with something beautiful, lacy and dare I say sexy, for me for my birthday (what can I say, the man has good taste). Next we strolled down the Rue a bit and found a really nice shop that had all kinds of things for the home and kitchen, and he found me the one thing I had been looking for since Christmas but hadn't yet found -- a small pair of simple silver-plated candlesticks to hold tapered candles. (Seriously, why is it so hard to find nice candlesticks here? Most of the few I've seen have been gaudy and cheap-looking.) His daughter bought me these adorable candles as a Christmas gift but I haven't been able to display them, so now I can. We also scored a paper towel holder and a funky orange flexible hot plate that is pretty cool on the table even when we're not using it.
After our shopping excursion, we kept strolling and ended up over at Chatelet, so I took Georges to one of my favorite sushi places, Japkora (as the name implies they also do Korean food). After lunch, we both felt the need of a major nap because we'd eaten too much between our normal breakfast, the surprise breakfast party (we didn't need that second pastry, that's for sure) and sushi, so we headed home.
Where we slept blissfully until we heard a neighbor right outside our window with a POWER SAW. [Insert your favorite expletive here and that's pretty much what was coming out of my mouth at that moment.] So much for a long nap, but we enjoyed it while it lasted.
Inspired by the promise of the new Indiana Jones movie which comes to Paris next week (could we BE more excited about this movie? Harrison Ford is still hot, even if he is 65) we watched Raiders of the Lost Ark last night and will watch The Last Crusade tonight. We're skipping Temple of Doom as we agree that was the worst of the series and the only good part was watching those adorable Indian kids being reunited with their families, but you have to watch the entire annoying movie to get to that part and it's just not worth listening to Kate Capshaw whine for two hours.
Today we're being even lazier. We slept in (slept?) and then had some breakfast (by candlelight, just for fun), followed by a stroll to the part of our quartier where the Sunday marché is located and shops are also open. We had an errand at the local bricolage for some hardware to fix a broken baby gate (not our baby, but the neighbor's, who is here often and about to start walking, and our spiral staircase is no place for him!) and then to Picard to stock the freezer.
I've been playing the piano this afternoon in between doing things on my computer. Georges is doing the same thing. I just made myself a peanut butter and Nutella sandwich for a light lunch (one thing I do not have to hide in this house, in order to keep it to myself, is my peanut butter. My French family hates it!) There is a pile of dishes in the sink waiting to be washed, but I don't care. I'll get to them later. I'm too relaxed right now.
Boring, mundane, easy weekend days: we love them. We could have gone out to a museum or to dinner or out to a movie, but this weekend it's just the two of us here at home, and we savor our alone time. Tonight we'll be booking our airfare to New Jersey for our wedding. Tomorrow is my birthday, and hopefully the day we get the rings back from the jewelry store (I miss my engagement ring even though I had it on my finger less than 24 hours before sending it to be resized!)
The sun is shining (for a few minutes at least) and I am reminded once again how lucky I am to have this man in my life, this wonderful man who loves me so strongly and so well that every single day I wake up and am grateful that he found me. And he's just so easy to love in return.
