Fun weekend!

Although in the past I've often raved about how much I love "nothing weekends", (the kind you spend both days in your pj's doing exactly that, nothing)... I do enjoy an eventful weekend from time to time... it makes me somehow feel like I didn't waste the precious moments of fresh air and warm sunshine I otherwise rarely get to enjoy when stuck 5 days in between four walls from 9am to 9pm....

And this weekend was a particularly eventful weekend if ever there was one. Friday night set the tempo when I left the office at a pretty decent time (8:30pm) having wrapped up the very last part of one of the heavier projects I've been recently working on. As I set out into the cool evening air, I was feeling pretty good and not only about finishing the project, but especially because I had planned to stop by Ksam's b-day party that night. Ksam had invited a bunch of the Rhum-Rhum gang to the Long Hop and it was fun seeing a lot of them again after such long time. Also, it was so neat to be back at the Long Hop. For those of you who don't know, this is the place I met Hubby at, only 3 weeks after having arrived in France. It was so amazing to be back there and see that it hadn't changed a bit in these past 7 years... I even spotted the exact same table Hubby and I sat at that evening.

I couldn't stay long with Ksam and the gang though because Hubby had received word that morning that his best friend and his fiancée were in town and would be staying with us that evening so he'd made a plan to meet up for dinner with them. They were waiting for me at Odéon and we dined at the Café Les Editeurs, a really neat restaurant just off of the Bd Saint-Michel which Hubby and I had spotted several times but never actually been there yet. It was a nice evening and we had fun catching up with N&I and hearing all about their wedding plans in Milwaukee in a few months (which we are so excited we're going to be able to attend! yipee!)...

Our friends had to leave for Bretagne early the next morning which turned out to be a good thing actually because it had me wake up early to say goodbye and therefore start the day earlier than is my regular custom on Saturdays... this means that by 11am I was up and ready to hit the gym, something which I usually groan at the idea of doing so early on a Saturday. Workout behind me, it was time to concentrate on the fun part scheduled for the day: some selfish pampering and a little shopping. What more can a girl ask for?

I had a 2pm appointment at the hair salon where years earlier the owner had done my highlights for my wedding, which turned out to look fantastic. Unfortunately, soon after the wedding I went back to his salon and found him to be a total snob so I decided to never go back. That was over 4 years ago and ever since, I've been to several different places and never found anyone as good as him. So I decided to swallow my pride and go back again this Saturday. And it was worth it. I swear the guy is a genius! Not only do my highlights look fabulous (if I do say so myself) but he even gave me the exact hair cut I asked for (literally, a first since I've been living here!). And this time, I realized that his "snobbish" attitude makes him actually kind of endearing. We totally hit it off this time around, I promised to remain "faithful" to him from now on and in turn he graced me with a haughty "umph!" and a chocolate macaron!... ;)

Then there was the shopping. I'd like to first point out that the last time I went shopping for clothes was way back in November and only because I had a big client event coming up and needed to get something to wear. Last fall, Hubby and I agreed that we would be really careful about money so that we could do all the traveling we'd planned to do this year and so far we've stuck to the plan and been pretty good about it. But this weekend we both realized we needed to get some "basics" (as in underwear, white tee shirts, etc.) and since the annual summer soldes (sales) kicked off this weekend we figured we'd take advantage. That wasn't counting on a) all the pent-up frustration from all of these non-shopping months and b) the absolutely great sales going on around in all the shops that were just too good to pass up. So we had a little fun and got some pretty cool stuff. My personal favorite is a a long gray summer linen dress which I got at Naf Naf at 50% off and which I absolutely adore. Comfy, pretty and so totally chic!! And Hubby finally succumbed to fashion and got a pair of Convers, something only a little over a year ago he vehemently told me he would never be caught dead in! LOL...

By then it was time to get back home and we decided to somehow make up for the "shopping binge" by eating leftovers... with a twist. We opened the fridge and took out the what we found -not much-... still, Hubby still managed to concoct a delicious dinner of marinated chicken and greek salad with some tasty Proseco wine we'd brought back with us from our trip to Venice. D-e-l-i-c-i-o-u-s...

This morning, we decided to get up early and get all the boring house chores over with so that we could enjoy the rest of the (sunny) day outside. By 1pm we were out the doors. We still had a little shopping to do (the day before we'd totally forgotten about the basics we'd set out to get in the first place!) and since a lot of the shops in Paris were open on Sunday, this being the first weekend of the Soldes, it was off to buying underwear and socks. We were wondering what to do next when I remembered somebody mentioning what a great movie "The Hangover" was so we decided to check it out.

If you are in the mood for a funny, and I mean freaking hilarious, movie, this one is it. I can honestly say I haven't laughed this much in months! It's definitely worth the 10 bucks (or whatever the cinema tickets are going for in the US nowadays)... trust me... the movie is effin great!!!!!!!!!

Anyway, so here we are, back at home, getting ready to start yet another hectic week of "metro-boulot-dodo" (subway-work-sleep)... except that for the first time in a long time I actually feel fresh and relaxed, as opposed todepressed and fed up which is how I usually feel on Sunday evenings...

I guess an eventful weekend can have that effect on ya sometimes...

Have a great week everyone!
Fned.