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|  || Thursday, September 14, 2006 || Day 9 - Setting up house and certain worriesMother would not approve. So I went shopping for houseware today. Just a nice comforter set which would match the blue tone of my room and some crockery. In the end I ended up stocking up for winter, spring then the summer to come, but that is another tale for another time and so I will not elaborate. Anyway, as those of you with any sense of common knowledge would know, France is a large country. Hence people like a one-stop place for everything so they won’t have to travel around the world and back. Ergo the supermarkets in France, rather hyper marchés, are huge affairs (think Carrefour). Purposefully, I steadily trotted to the bedding section of Géant (my hypermarket of choice). Lo and behold!! A comforter set with 2 pillowcases included for only €22!! And 100% cotton! Which was decently good-looking and of a blue that matched my room (which by the way has blue curtains and a grey-blue carpet)!! What joy! Hitherto I had been fretting because I thought I would have to buy another comforter set I had seen at Auchan (yet another hypermarket). It was a soothing blue but thoroughly boyish and had a cartoon dog as its pattern. The worst thing was that that it had only one cartoon pillowcase with the set and I was worrying about how to match my other pillow (since I have 2 pillows you see, having a Queen-sized bed). A plain blue or white would have completely been out of place beside an insipid cartoon dog! Happily this problem was solved for me. Thus rejoicing, I went on to procure my crockery. Naturally, as a poor student, it was my intention to pick out the cheapest crockery possible, just any old cup, bowl and plate. But then! But then! I saw these:  Aren’t they pretty!! So quaint and cheery and old-fashioned! Of course it was rather extravagant to pick up the two for around €3.50 each when I could have got a whole crockery set, extra cup and plate included for under €3. But then I had seen them and the damage was done. I could not, I simply could not have bought the other set (which consisted of a rather ugly duck or a very hideous cow). Had I bought the other set, I would have regretted it daily. Every single time I used the duck or cow cup or bowl I would have thought of the Kelloggs children and their bright gaiety. They would have consistently haunted me. And I simply could not bear the thought of living out the next 10 months, especially in the dreary winter months, in wretched regret. Hence I decided that I would buy them and go without a meal as penance. And I will perform my penance... eventually.[Note: cup was picked up later. €3.75 at Auchan. Ha ha, now I have a matching set... now to find a Kelloggs plate...] |