leggings - baby gap

top - zara baby

cardi - next

bib - funky giraffe bibs

saturday in paris and mummy was a woman with a plan. we were off first to a vintage shop called reciproque on rue de la pompe. once mummy established there were no bargains to be had in this legendary vintage emporium, we jumped on the metro and headed for le marche saint pierre. it turned out to be right next to le sacre couer - the famous church. the path leading up to it was lined up with hustlers getting people to guess which cup had a card hidden under it to win 50 euros. thankfully mummy and daddy had watched the real hustle and so they knew it was a trick. you had to bring out your own 50 euros in order to bet on the cup you wanted. it all looked so easy - double your money just by guessing! we'd never seen so many supposed 'ordinary passers by' who just happened to have 50 euro notes in their pockets. hmm. and they were all winning! and urging mummy to have a go. mummy laughed. they told us to move on. and so we left. 

at the market, mummy picked up some fabric for some trousers she wants to sew. that was in a store called Reine. from there we jumped on the metro again and headed to the kookai discount store. mummy found a lovely linen jacket which she swiftly wore the next day!

ok day 2 swiftly came around...and this time mummy was determined to make it beyond the borders of the  hotel. breakfast was done with swiftly and 'homes under the hammer' watched on BBC1 which was available in the hotel :). La Defense has 2 malls - much to mummy's delight! off we marched with gusto - well - mummy marched carrying me in the baby carrier. we made it downstairs and mummy realised she would pass out carrying me all day...so back upstairs we went.

take 2! i chilled in my 4x4 pram as she pushed....reminds me of 9 months ago..hmm.

anyhoo..mummy's senses were highly anticipating the joys that awaited  within the mall. 

WHAT A LET DOWN.

basically, we found every store we could find in the UK. the prices were horrific said mummy. as you know, she loves zara - over there goods that are £29.99 were euro 39.90 or sometimes 45 euro. mummy was quite distressed. we marched in and out of other stores and found the same issue. even with exchange rate considered that's ludicrous mummy said. boring. massimo dutti was the worst. mummy's obsessed with some shoes that are £89.90 - in paris they were 139 euro!! long and short of it - we bought nothing. and due to this distress mummy and i chilled elsewhere on day 3.

leggings - baby gap

top - zara baby

and now i am off to get daddy to hold up that mirror at the back of the book again! 

xoxo

me doing a few spoon tricks to entertain mummy & daddy on the train. mummy had visions of the eurostar being plush and luxurious. instead it turned out to be almost worse than her trains to work...the only plus was she was at least guaranteed a seat on this one.

finally at gare du nord, Paris! i was too tired to care - CeCe was clearly happy though :)