LES SOLDES!

since there are only sales in france two times a year, they are kinda a big deal when they finally come. the big sales started this past wednesday in aix and i think literally every person decided to go shopping at the same times i did. after two days of wandering in the out of stores and trying on countless tops, dresses, and shorts, i came up empty handed. today i decided to go shopping for magnolia and my future niece and nephew (!), but i failed there too. however, today wasn't a total fail. i happened to wander into this great book store and found shelves upon shelves of cooking books. i was in heaven. i think i literally spent 30 minutes trying to decide which one looked the best and what kind of cook book i wanted. after looking through several i decided that Larousse was the brand that i wanted so i somewhat narrowed my choices down. the hardest part was choosing between a full-meal cook book or a dessert book, which most of you know i am a sucker for. i decided that it is time to expand my horizons and i do intend on making french meals one day. after much debate i bought Petit plats pour etudiants which seemed like a good place to start considering i am a student (etudiant = student for all of you non-frenchies). it has great looking pictures (which is a non-committal on my list of must have's for cook books), great looking recipes, and desserts too! i am officially on my way to becoming the next julia child. this is definitely a good place to start in order to open my own french bakery one day!