Burgundy Pants!

Alright, so I have finally figured out my courses! I am now taking four courses at ISTC - communication internationale, communication interne, mecenat et sponsoring, and communcation et development durable, two courses at l'Universite Catholique de Lille - buisness negotiation, and intercultural communication, AND I'm taking the distance course "Love" from the Mount. Phew, glad to have that all sorted out! Since my "les soldes"post, I haven't been doing too much. I had a really relaxed weekend that consisted of sleeping and eating. I was going to go to the market on Sunday but when my alarm went off, I really didn't feel like getting up. Later on in the day I realized that I should have gone to get some food because there really isn't much open on Sundays. I survived though! On Monday I went to Carrefour to get some groceries. One thing I was sure to pick up was honey nut cheerios. Since I've come here, I've been so addicted to them. They taste different than they do at home. I love them in Canada too but they taste better here in my opinion. Another thing I've been eating a lot of is bread with nutella. Now I know I can do this at home too but the bread is sooo much better here. Absolutely delicious! On Tuesday I had my second class since I got here but this time it did not go by as fast. Halfway through I got extremely bored and just wanted to take a nap. Good thing I only had one class this week! That night I went out with some friends to the bar, Les Pirates. We ran there because we only had 5 minutes before happy hour ended. We arrived just in time to order the 2 euro 50 "jupiler" beer. I was feeling adventurous so I decided to get one. An hour and a half into the night and I was still only about 1/4 way through my beer. Looks like I'm not even going to be able to make myself like beer in France. After Les Pirates we went to a friends place for a few drinks. I ended up getting back to my room around 2:30am or 3am. I was one of the ones who left "early" too. There are two other Canadian girls who live in my residence so it's nice to have someone to walk back with late at night as I've heard it is not safe to walk alone after dark here. On Wednesday, there was a mixer for students in my year at ISTC. I got to meet a lot of nice people who were extremely welcoming. We all walked to a bar called "La Pearl" and had a few drinks. I settled for a coke of course. It was really nice to socialize with my classmates because I have only really met two of them officially. They introduced me to "saucisson," which dry sausage. It was so delicious! Today I woke up fairly late and took my time getting ready for the day. I didn't have anywhere I needed to be so I decided to go check out some stores around Grand Place. I got some postcards (which I plan on sending once I find where to do that haha), a shirt, and a pair of burgundy pants! I've been eyeing them since I got here and I finally bought a pair. I'm really happy with them :) I AGAIN found a jacket that I would have loved to buy but AGAIN, it wasn't in my size. It was the perfect style, color, and it was only 50 euros with 50% off! I'm sure I'll find what I'm looking for eventually. Tonight, I am taking it easy and catching up on some shows. I think tomorrow a bunch of us are going out so I'm going to need my sleep!

A la prochaine!