It has been the longest week...what with school hols, our internet went onto choke speed, so now i am having the biggest blog catch up lol...ive discovered that wordpress is the quickest to load followed by typepad and you can forget about blogger, it takes forever lol....
my friend Fayze went to Paris a little while ago and brought me back the most scrumptious goodies. She is always incredibly generous and i was very spoilt....
the most beautiful trims...
now imagine this....when you are in the store you have to grab sales lady who is wandering about with measuring ruler...then take her to what you want cut , Faye reckons she was about 3 hrs waiting to get served in one place....i dont think that would catch on here, do you ?!!! id like to be a wandering sales lady, it would beat standing/sitting in one spot all day lol
mind you, we seem to spend hours waiting to get served everywhere with all the cuts in wages :(
look at these beautiful wood/metal 'J' stamps she brought back, just gorgeous....
befor she left i gave her scarf for her birthday and she said she would hang it off teh Eiffel Tower for me.....well she climbed all the way up.... the lifts were not working :(
and lookie...my scarf :]
i remember back in 85 on my 25th Birthday standing on that 3rd sq and looking up wishing we had enough money to go up....we were backpacking around Europe and were down to our last $1000.00 and knew how quick that would go, once we got back to England..... and i wasnt going home after just 6 months ....i thought we wouldve gotten back there later but it was not to be, not yet anyways.....i dont have many regrets but thats one of them....anyhow have a good week, im looking into new interent plans :)
7 comments:
What super goodies. I loved Paris when I went. I regret only going to the second stage in the Eiffel Tower - I was with a friend who was afraid of heights. Fingers crossed we'll both get back there x
How lucky are you!
Love those trims.
Gorgeous treasures there Jen... and I love the pics of Faye's scarf... and the stamps... so cool...
Jenny x
Lovely post Jen and your friend IS a real doll bringing you prezzies and letting your spirit fly with that pretty scarf atop La Tour Eiffel
I got to go up once when I was a young thing...I sent a couple of postcards post marked from the top...wonder if they still do that?
oxo
Well didn't you hit the jackpot, young lady! What a lucky girl! Fabulous good for Jen. I love them all. xoxo Diane
Beautiful gifts from Paris!
I staggered up to the top of the tower last summer AND I went to the loo up there as well!! I tried to convince the kids they should do the same, I mean where else are they likely to be that's so high but they just looked at me like I was a madwoman!! maybe you'll get back there one day, you just never know! Mx
Fab stories Jen, I haven't been to Paris yet (sigh) one day. I loved that your friend hung the scarf on the tower for you! I have just been to one of my daughter's friends wedding. She was proposed to on the Eiffel Tower. At the reception the table displayed the Eiffel Tower with red and white rose petals scattered underneath. I was the best wedding I've been to.
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