Saturday

We had planned to spend this weekend getting ready for the big move. There are some things that we need to buy before we go (blankets, pillows, etc), and others that we are going to order, but wanted to check out before we did so (oven).

On Saturday we trekked out to the 20th arrondissement to see the selection of fours a pose (table top ovens, or the glorified toaster oven). The website had an extensive selection, so we were a bit dissapointed when we arrived at this store to find that it was no more than a showroom for tacky furniture. Apparently the electromenageurs (appliances) are only to be bought online.

Luckily on our way back to the metro, we saw a Darty and decided to see what they had. They actually had a much larger selection of ovens than our local one here, so we took some measurements and did some comparisons, and felt like the trip hadn't been a complete waste of time. To make it even better, the TV section happened to be playing the Canada Switzerland hockey game. I left Erik in front of the TV and went to check out the cookbooks. Every time I glanced up to make sure he was still there, there were more men gathered around the screen. Darty sure chose the right channel! Unfortunately Canada lost, and we're not in the market for a large screen TV, but it did extend Erik's shopping tolerance by about one hour. And I got two new cookbooks out of it :).


Anyway, the main point of this post was a) to prove that we do things aside from eat and b) to show you the picture we took in the iron aisle. Neither of us could figure out what a normal person would do with one of these crazy contraptions. I think ironing is bad enough, can you imagine having to lug that huge piece of steel out of the closet every time you do laundry? I think I'll stick to the 'basic' model.