Neige et trucs.

Snow has come to our lovely little village, and just in time since we'll be going back to the US again for the holidays very soon. (And just when I've gotten over this round of jet lag, sheesh!) But with only a short stint left at our place here in 2012 I'm so happy that it chose to snow now, as we always seem to be away for it.

And with the Thoiry Xmas Marche on Sunday, the snow was the perfect backdrop for not only picking up a few crafty little things at this annual market, but also for doing our Sunday market food shopping...

Cheese season is officially upon us, and with our very first Tartiflette night of the season coming up on Friday (wear your stretchy pants friends), we thought, hey, why not stock up on some fondue cheese as well...because really, if I've learned one thing from almost three years of living in France, it's that you just can't have enough cheese in your fridge...

And when it comes from your region, you most certainly have to buy some...

Once we had stocked up on cheese, cidre, olives and veg for a few days, we headed into the Christmas market, and immediately went for warm soup and refreshments...

 

You know, to keep hydrated and such...

We picked up this little ski pinecone dude, as well as an ornament, some honey from the Thoiry honey guy, and a liquor from him as well that is an apertif and, you guessed it, made from honey. The proceeds from the little guy above and the ornament went to benefit the school in Thoiry - yeah for giving!

And so marked my first trip back to the market where I did not feel like a cranky jetlagged zombie...and man, does it feel good to be back.

I think from the looks of this face, Doc is also very happy that I am no longer feeling like a cranky jetlagged zombie...

Hope you all had an amazing weekend as well!

A la prochaine friends...

Honey