W11 - Weekend August 21st

Okay quick catchup! Went to Provence this weekend, mainly because I got the dates confused for the bank holiday, with hubby and friends J & Jo! Was a DREAM! On saturday we walked all around Aix en Provence, which is such a cutie town! Had pain au chocolate and some apricot tart thing for brekkie and sandwiches for lunch sitting outside by a fountain!! Tres picturesque! The weather was PERFECT the entire time! Our guide book said there was a Paul Smith shop in town - so found that, which turned out to be like some kind of weird PS surplus store. It had older season's stuff at a discount and then other great brands too. See by Chloe! Paul and JOE! Barbara bui - Repettos! DREAM! It was men’s and women’s so hubby was kept occupied while I ransacked the place! Luckily he likes his designer clothes! I got a SUPER cutie See by Chloe white dress (pictured to the right) - but tried on like the entire store! That evening J and Jo arrived - so met them for a drink and then went to dinner! Which was delightful! Well except I got diarrhea in the middle and Jo puked. I think she had a bad mussel at the cocktail bar – they served us those sketchy tapas that have probably been sitting on somebody eles’s table for a good 2 hours. And me, well I get diarrhea ALL The time, so wasn’t a big deal and not a real surprise to anyone. Still had an awesome night.
Next day - hubby and I had some more pastiries then picked up J & J and drove to Cassis! Super quaint beach town. Had SUCH good seafood at a little restaurant on the water for lunch. John Dory – YUMM! It was Jo’s bday by the way! Had a very philosophical talk with our waiter, whose family owned the restaurant. His English was excellent – thank god! My French is pretty non existent. I actually walked into the Sonia Rykiel store in Aix and said “OUVIOR!” in greeting. I was so mortified I babbeled to them about a dress from the AW collection that I loved and ran out. ANYWAY, after seafood lunch, we got some gelato obviously and then found ANOTHER cutie store, where I got a top and a dress (pictured above)! The dress was an I DIE moment! It's yellow, short and 60s ish! Very MOI! THEN we all got in the car and drove into the countryside and found two vineyards for wine tasting! Got a little giggly, bought some wine and lavender honey, (had to get SOMETHING lavender while in Provence), and then went back to Aix! That night another fun dinner and drinks! Topic of discussion was mainly Designer Vaginas! I mean who knew?!
THEN on monday went to a market and bought some delish juicy peahes! In the afternoon the four of us hiked up to Cezanne's old studio, checked that out - then J & J had to hop the train back to London! Hubby and I had a leisurely lunch then went into Monoprix – cheapy French department store. I was OBSESSED with everything. A lot of the clothes were like APC, my FAVE brand in the world, but WAY cheaper. SO got a black tunic dress, a striped frenchy shirt, heather blue/grey sweater, and a black camisole. After that we found this charming British bookstore/cafe. Looked at books for a while and acted intellectual until it was time to head to the airport. Got home around midnight Monday night! PHEW!! TOTAL DREAM WEEKEND! Once again sucks to be back to reality! Luckily just three days to paris! =)