Bonjour, Bijou: Tomorrow! Tomorrow!

My Christmas shopping is done, my bags are packed {sort of}, I've checked in for my flight online, and now all I have to do is fly home!

Wow wow wow! I can't believe it's here already. I am more than excited to see my family and friends. I've missed them, but I admit that I am quite sad to leave Paris. For those of you who've seen Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone {that better be all of you}, I feel like Harry when he is getting on the train leaving Hogwarts.

Hermione: Feels strange to be going home, doesn't it?

Harry: I'm not going home. Not really.

I definitely feel like France is my home. I can't wait to be with my family, but I will be very happy to come back to France. Je l'adore!

I had the most lovely last-day-in-France-until-I-come-back-in-the-new-year day today. The sun was shining and I couldn't help but feel utterly happy. I went shopping down the Champs Élysées {yeah. That's just my life right now. So cool.}, ate a gauffre {waffle} at the Christmas market, had my first macaroons {unimpressed} and hung out at Tuileries for a bit and soaked up the winter sun. It was perfection.

Today was a shopping day dedicated for my father {aka the most difficult person in the world to shop for}. I spent most of my time in the men's section and as a result I met a new friend! I was looking at some shirts and this guy came up to me and asked me about mixing colors and patterns. Um. He obviously couldn't see my outfit under my winter coat, otherwise I'm sure he wouldn't have asked. Anyway we started talking and he invited me to go to a café with him but I was still shopping so I think we'll meet up in the new year. It's fun to meet new people/friends. Plus, it's nice to have human interaction with people other than 8 year old French children and Mischka. While we were talking he found out that I was from Utah and the usual "oh there are a lot of Mormons there, right?" quickly followed. He said he'd met some missionaries in Canada and they were very kind to him and just happy. Isn't that great?

Well reader, I'm off to America in less than 24 hours. I'm quite excited. I just hope I make my flights. Also, here are some more pictures of me...eating.

-M