a couple sundays ago, i was wandering around the marais. it's the gay and jewish district of paris--where, ironically enough, church is. i had been exploring alone in paris for 2 weeks. and it was beginning to make me feel just that, alone.
to escape the chilly weather outside, i ducked into a vintage shop. at first, i was afraid to go inside. i KNEW if i found something, i wouldn't be able to buy it. and, low and behold, with in the first 5 mintues of browsing, i found a beautiful leather clutch for only 10 euros. the problem with vintage shops is this: you feel COMPELLED to immediately purchase anything you like. not only is it unique, it's cheap (the beauty and the danger.) also, everything disappears like samples at costco. so you've got to jump on it, quite literally. i swear my primitive need to gather comes out when i go to these shops.
but as i stood there staring at the leather clutch i thought, "am i really going to break the sabbath over a purse? come on alisha, you don't even like purses. you like your big obnoxious brown leather school bag that you for some reason carry around with you EVERYWHERE." so i bid it farewell. and whispered, "i'll come back for you."as i, not so skillfully, began to hide it, i see a girl laughing outside."is she laughing at me?" i think. she walks in and tells me she would have done the same thing. from there we began to talk, and instantly became friends. turns out her and her friend were au pairs too! we ended up spending the whole day together. wandered around the marais, took the metro up to monmarte, played around at sacre couer, and walked to the effiel tower. it was the first time i had seen this infamous spire. and it was FAN-TASTIC!! one of my favorite days.
p.s.-i went back the next day and bought that purse :)
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