Les Scènes du Week-end {36}

Le week-end dernier?

Shopping + sun + sister = perfect.

Saturday morning I got to the market just as things were winding up.
This butcher's van was already on the way out...

Luckily there were still some baguettes left for sale...

... & some books! 

I stopped at the newsagent's on the way home & said hi & bye to Whitney.

Um, could my shopping cart look any more French?

Also, could I be happier that the cold snap is over
& so now I can dry laundry in the sun on our balcony??!

And could I be more excited about the chocolate-y care package from my friend Stace?

But the most exciting part of the weekend?
My sister Liz's arrival!!!

Sunday afternoon we took a rainy-day walk down by the lake.

Liz was disappointed that swimming isn't allowed everywhere!

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Vitamin C + fresh freezing-cold air + Sophie + sunset 

= super weekend.

Fresh-squeezed Saturday-morning OJ has become quite the tradition.

Saturday afternoon, we drove through a few local villages...

.... & then up & up through the icy forest...

... until we reached le Plateau des Glières,
which is well-known as a cross-country skiing destination in the winter,
but is also famous for its role in the French Resistance during the Second World War.

Bonjour, blue sky!

Moi, freezing but festive!

Pretty-good self-portrait for the two of us who could no longer feel our fingers!

Sunday afternoon down by the lake...

... avec mon amie Sophie !!!

And a beautiful sunset, to finish it all off nicely.

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This weekend was beyond chilly. 

 We're going through a cold snap right now.

Brrrrrr!

However, Saturday & Sunday were also filled with 

fun at the marché, beautiful snowy scenery & very cute gloves...

Saturday-morning market.  Frozen cheese, anyone?

Could this little girl look even look any more French?

Bonjour, winter veggies!

There's always a big line-up at this "van-tastique" boucher {= butcher}

Chilly self-portrait on the way home from market..

Saturday just before night-fall, I went for a quick {freezing cold} bike ride by le lac.

Sunday we headed up up up to Chamonix {one hour from Annecy by car}.

We didn't ski.  Unlike these dudes.

But we did wander around the village, looking at the touristy hats...

... & admiring {me} / making fun of {FQ} the gloves!

Et voilà !

Those are my ten photos from le week-end.

Of course I took way more pictures in Chamonix,

so you can look forward to some more 

of the snowy-scenery shots soon, ok?

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Recap of this weekend?

OK!

The three key words are:  le marché, le shopping, les clementines.

Amazing view from the balcony early Saturday morning.
{Good thing I caught it, because otherwise it poured most of the weekend...}

Our Saturday-morning ritual involves baking our own pains aux chocolat... miam miam !!

This cute guy at the local Saturday-morning market let me take his photo
{even if I didn't have enough euros on me to buy a jar of honey!}

I didn't buy ear-muffs either, but aren't they almost as cute as the honey dude?

I did buy un kilo de clementines... They're from Corsica & beyond delicious.

Saturday-afternoon, we hit the mall to take advantage of les soldes {the sales}.
As you can see, it was really crowded.
{Especially in front of the take-away crêpes booth!}

I did NOT buy a snowmobile.  Or a snowmobile racing video game.
{But this display made me laugh out loud!}

However, I did treat myself to a new Esprit handbag that was 40% off.
What do you think?

And how about my new boots?  They're cute, waterproof & super warm.  Yay!

So there you go.  

But there needs to be one more image of the weekend 

if I want to fulfill my ten photos quota.

So are you ready for proof of what I didn't do this weekend?

Laundry!!!

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Friday night dinner with friends who we hadn't seen in ages

+

Saturday spent relaxing & eating yet another galette des rois

+ 

Sunday hanging out with ma nièce & mon neveu  

= 

pretty much a perfect weekend.

Apéro avec les filles... I was so happy to see them!
{They're sisters... can you tell?}

Our hosts, Valentine & Guillaume, had set a lovely table, n'est-ce pas ?

Each guest got a party favour... a Christmas-themed chocolate!

Well into the evening, Guillaume brought out apparently the only French vodka that exists.

I did NOT drink French vodka.  But I did laugh a lot anyway.

For dessert after Saturday lunch, my belle-mère made a galette de rois...

Didn't it turn out lovely?

Sunday afternoon, FQ "read" to his nephew & niece.
{By "read", I mean "showed them silly ads involving cats on the iPhone".}

Speaking of silly...

Am I really putting this image of myself out on the Internet?

So there are my ten photos of the weekend.

And thank goodness for that.

Because you know what?

After taking pictures of us silly girls wearing that silly book,

things got totally crazy.

We had an impromptu dance party avec les enfants 

in my parents-in-law's living room.

Really.

Strobe lights

+

Shakira tunes sung by Alvin & The Chipmunks

+ 

bunny-ears, blonde wigs & sunglasses

=

the most fun Sunday afternoon I've had in a long time.

Hmm?

What did you say?

Pardon ?

Ah, you think I'm going to end this post 

with a photo of the dance party?

Mais non !

{I've got to keep un peu de mystère on the blog, non ?}