OMG...SHOES!

Yesterday I bought these AMAZING shoes!!! Omg they're so awesome. Seriously. I met Amber around 4 (it was supposed to be 3, but she got lost) at the metro stop that's near the apartment and we walked to what I call "downtown Montparnasse." Amber needed to buy a suitcase because she's leaving on Saturday and one of the suitcases that she bought from home ripped on the treck over here, so she really can't use it. We saw this place that had a bunch of suitcases on sale. They were like 70% off too, but she didn't get one. I guess she's going to wait until the last minute or something...I have no idea why. We walked to the mall and looked at some of the stores that are there. Montparnasse really isn't a big mall, which is nice, but there were a bunch of people there. I guess no one has anything better to do on a Saturday afternoon than go to the mall. (Let's go to the mall!!!) -HIMYM reference, if you didn't know.

We walked past this shoe store called Andre and decided to go in and look around. I really want to find a pair of boots but I really haven't had any luck. I didn't see anything I liked but as we were leaving we started looking at these shoes that were on this table at the front of the store. I saw these pair of heels that were light purple and had a black lace overlay on them and they were super cute. I asked the sales woman if she had my size, but they didn't. Amber saw this one pair and she has huge feet (she wears a 41 here, which is only like a 9 1/2 but still...) every pair that she wanted to try on they didn't have in her size. She was so angry. I saw this pair of heels that were black and thought they were kinda cute, and a little different so I decided to try them on. I fell in love as soon as I got them on. They are black leather and have straps that make up the shoe. The straps are held in place by these silver studs. The heel is probably 4 inches at least, which is really tall for me, but they are so cute. Oh, and there's a zipper in the back of the heel. OMG I LOVE THEM!!!! They were originally 109 euro, but were 50% off, and then another 20% was taken off at the register. They ended up being 43 euro, which is a pretty good deal. I can't wait to wear them on Wednesday to the theatre. I just have to figure out what else I'm going to wear. But, I've got time. Amber got shoes too. Her's were cute as well.

The sales woman at Andre was trying to speak in English with Amber but she wasn't very good so I translated for her. It was cool. After we left the mall we walked back to the metro and hung out at this cafe that's across the street. We stayed there for awhile. Amber left and when I got back to the apartment around 7:30 ish Renee was already in bed watching tv so I didn't get to show her my shoes. I showed them to my mom on skype and she was jealous.

Katie and I aren't going anywhere for break that we have coming up at the end of this week. We just decided that it was really too late to make plans now and have it be cheap and there was only a certain time Katie could go. We also decided that it would be better to save our money that way we could go big in Greece for spring break. I really want to start planning our trip during break. Maya, one of my friends from U of I who's coming second semester and wants to go to Greece too, won't be here until the middle of Feb. but we can still start planning. This week is the last week of school. I'm expecting it to be incredibly boring. Can't wait!

A bientot