A small indulgence

Bear with me--I know not everyone (okay, most people) don't care at all about silly things like lipstick, but this is one of those little things that makes a sad day better for me. To take the cap off my Rouge Coco, I smile a little bit.



Maybe it's the great color (it's Rivoli, in case anyone loves it, too), maybe it's the little detail of "CHANEL" pressed into the stick, maybe it's the silky smoothness, or maybe it's the glamour that comes with a classic rouge on the lips (especially when paired with the Wayfarer-style glasses). Anyone feel like Grace Kelly?

Following blogs

Another big jump for me.....learning to follow a blog, subscribe in Google reader, some combination of those things. I've subscribed to a class members blog (English Teaching), as required, and I'm excited for another francophile to get onto our class blog roll so I can subscribe to those, too! Another is boots in europe, which is written by a dear friend spending a semester in central Europe. She posts photos, stories, and inspirational bits, and it's fun to see what she sees--especially from my art history background. The last one is Take Out Photo, a photography blog written by one of my former professors. He is a French professor, so he knows (and talks) quite a bit about France and Paris; and he is doing for a profession what I'd like to do, with the addition of photography, which is a talent that has quite escaped me.

Any suggestions of blogs to check out? Bonne journée, mes lapins!