Soldes Mania

Les Soldes have officially begun! Which means practically every store is packed with people trying to take advantage of the sales. And today in between classes, I proudly joined the ranks of the bargain-hunting Avignonnais. I got two dresses, a skirt, and a jacket for about 40 euro, which is seriously cheap. Before the sales started, I would have paid 40 euro for the jacket alone! So I feel accomplished, needless to say.

Other than the sales, not much else happened today. I woke up a little late but made it to class on time. I ate lunch with my usual gusto, did a little shopping, tried the French version of a milkshake, which was pretty good, except the way they pronounce it is quite funny (un "meelkshek" pour mademoiselle! vite vite!), went to my next class, studied a little, saw a little bit of the festival kick-off parade, and did a little bit more shopping on the way home. All in all, a good day. And though the wind has helped cool things down a little, apparently it's supposed to hit 100 degrees this weekend. I'll be in Marseilles on Saturday, which is even further south, but I'll also be right by the sea so hopefully the breeze will make up the difference.

I really should get back to studying for my history exam tomorrow. I'm not thinking it's going to be toooo hard, but it helps to look over it and figure out any pertinent vocab or famous people or really important dates. So that's what I'm going to be doing most of the rest of the night, I think.

I guess that's all for now!

Love,
Natalie