Friday, January 14, 2011

Why chocolate covered marshmellow bears are life changing

Ok, so maybe not exactly life changing, but the girls and I discovered chocolate covered marshmellow bears or "chocomauve- La dream team des oursons!" as they are called on the package during Wednesday's big sale day. In France, there are two big sales a year mandated by the government, one in January and the other in July. Unlike in America where things are on sale all the time, sales here are rare. So this week kicked off the first day of 3 weeks of sales, with each with getting progressively heavier discounts. We were on a quest for boots because they are the quintessential accessory here. I also had my eye on a new Longchamp bag in purple. The main shopping routes and the mall were pretty equivalent to the stores in the US on black Friday so it was a little overwhelming. We'll have to take a bus this weekend to find H & M which is located a little further from the town center. Unfortuntunately (or rather fortunately for my wallet) the only purchase that I made was the chocolate covered marshmellow bears from Jeff de Bruges. Honestly I bought them because they were less than 5 euro, one of the only things I could find without nuts, and included white, milk, and dark chocolate. Definitely worth it. And after a day of bad news regarding our apartment search (more on this to come), they made us forget about our stress for a few minutes. So thank you chocolate covered marshmellow bears for giving us a few minutes of bliss as we fought through the crowds of sale day.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Welcome to France! Hope you find an apartment soon.

All the best

Keith