Counting the days.....

It's right around the corner.....

actually...just over two weeks if anyone was counting.

I'm at the stage where i am putting everything together...

and getting organized.

I have a feeling i will be all packed this weekend.

Remember when you were pregnant with your first child...

you had a list for the hospital on what to pack...

a checklist...

remember how you had your list all checked off...

and packed a good two months before

your baby was even due.

yup....

i did the same.

It made you feel like it's official...

bag is packed...

now i can have the baby.

Then as your due date came closer..you would unpack your bag...

only to make sure everything was still there...

and then re-pack it.

Just to make sure.

I'm sure you did it more then once....

i'm just saying...

it happens.

Like this trip of mine.

It's a dream that in turn is becoming a reality.

Except this time...

i'm not having a baby...i'm travelling to France.

I have dreamt about this for years....

and it's becoming a reality.

I am blessed.

I am thankful.

I've been practicing riding our little Metro around town...

just in case Kim and I decide we need one.

Kim told me NO....

there is no room for our luggage..

Seriously....

how much does she think i'm packing?

I know i said i was ONLY

going to pack 3 pairs of shoes....

but i bought 3 pairs today....

in addition to the three i was already going to bring.

Have i mentioned yet that we are renting a manual

car while we are in the south of France?

Manual=stick shift

I haven't driven a manual since high school...

neither has Kim.

Manual+narrow roads+french signs= Lost girls.

Unless we get lost down in the french riviera...

and end up meeting George Clooney..

who has a yacht down there.

hmmm.

Needless to say...

i think a Vespa is sounding better and better.

I wouldn't normally even have looked twice at these...

would have just walked right by them...

i would have.

i promise.

Except.....they were on sale.....

and i have a feeling

The Sartorialist

will be walking the streets of Paris...

so i must be prepared.

Then i walked my these mustard beauties.....

and they were

not on sale.

boo hiss.

I then remembered that my husband has decided

to have lasik eye surgery next week...

which he informed me that

he will be laid up for a day or so.

I'll be taking care of him...

and my three kids.

I decided at that point...

what's an extra pair of shoes.

I also needed a new camera bag....

because i couldn't just throw my beloved

5oD

into just any ole purse while i wander around the

streets of Paris.

NO

i couldn't.

Her name is Ginger....

even though i really LOVED the Lola...

but red and i don't really get along...

so Ginger it is.

She's cute....

and so versatile...

with compartments inside for all my lenses.

I decided i am only bringing a few outfits.

{ahem}

Maybe a few more if i can figure out which shoes to

not bring.

I promised myself that i wouldn't be

that girl

who over packs.

{sigh}

My darling neighbor gave me her birthday discount card for Anthro.


I haven't stepped into that place for a good....


ummmm....


hmmmm....


couple of months.


errr...


maybe it hasn't been that long....


for sure it's been a couple of weeks...


at least.


I think.


hmmm.


oh well....


who's counting...right?

Thanks for letting me ramble about this whole pregnancy thing...

you girls are amazing.

xo