Some Christmas Cheer

So even though I was sad to leave a scene as beautiful and wonderful as this,

I was happy to run into this whenever I got back (yes, I am talking about both Benoit and the chocolate lol)

As Benoit already mentioned to you, he was waiting for me at the train station with a bouquet of red and pink Gerber daisies and our usual "Welcome back to France" meal consisting of all different sorts of cheeses, a fresh baguette, and always something chocolate for dessert.

So things have been pretty eventful here at 64 bis rue général Buat.  We recreated Christmas as soon as I got back and opened up all the gifts that were patiently waiting to be opened.  Benoit offered me a beautiful silver bracelet.  Small, simple, and absolutely lovely!  It is the second piece of jewelry he has given me since we've been together, the first being a blue cross made from Murano glass that he bought during our summer trip to Venice in 2010.  

As you can tell from the picture below, Benoit was absolutely thrilled with all of the gifts he received from the family.  He confessed that he has never received as many gifts than what he received this year.

In addition, we were forced to buy a new fridge due to certain complications with the one we had before, and after spending a week without any source of food conservation, we finally bought one!  And as with all new household appliances, we did a photoshoot.

I must say that there is a reason to why we must refridgerate cheese, so we don't pass out from the rank odor of  Camembert that has been sitting out for the past 5 days.

I will post the videos that Benoit and I took over the passed few days whenever I return to Angers.  Let's just say that our gadgets here in Nantes aren't as up to par as those of Gadget Dad ;)

          hi! it is Benoît  thank you very much for the presents and this chrismas I had the most presents of my life. :-)