What do Paris, France and the Goodwill Have in Common?

~ Happy Friday! ~

I wish I could say that I was bright eyed and bushy tailed today, however, that is not really the case. I am currently trying to caffinate myself out of my sleep deprivation haze. The little guy has been so healthy this year, but last night he spiked a fever of 103.2, and I was STILL up at 3am. Good times.

He has a lingering low fever today, so of course he is home from school.

Enough about my life in mommy land...this is a post about what Paris and GW have in common! You must be thinking that this is quite a stretch. What could she possibly mean? Paris is so lovely! ...And the  Goodwill is so...thrifty...??? I don't get it.

Let's just get visually inspired first, shall we?

One of our favorite brasserie's on Ile Saint Louis at night.

Gallerie cat.

 Paris street.

 Metro entrance.

Night view of a bridge on the Sein.

These photos were all taken by my husband, who has his own fantastic aviation photography website and blog. Click here to check it out.  We love to walk, and walk, and walk while we are in Paris. My poor hubby lugs a backpack full of camera gear along, so we can have some great photos to remember the trip with.

 Notre Dame at night, with the Eiffel Tower in the background.

That's us. :-)

Musee d'Orsay.  I love this place more than the Louvre!

Famous clock inside Musee d'Orsay.

 Eifel Tower.

Inside the Gallerie Vivienne. (A gorgeous old arcade we stumbled upon.)

As you can see, I love Paris a little bit.

I even have a board titled, That's French, dedicated to all things Francais on Pinterest. I would love it if you would follow me! Pinterest is like a crazy crack habbit. In a good way! ;-) Haha! Seriously, If you have not tried it, check it out!

Ok, now on to the point of this post...

Yesterday I was out and about, and made my usual swing by the GW. I could NOT believe my luck, when there, on the shelf sat these little cuties...

 Aren't they so adorable?

 A duck...

 A pig...

 A rooster...

 And a bull...

 They were only 99 cents each, people!! And they look just like the ones they sell at my favorite kitchen store in Paris! Oh, how I love this store! They have 3 locations in Paris, and we accidentally found one while exploring on our first trip to there together 11 years ago. I always try to bring something small back home with me from this store. It's not expensive, and it's just full of fun, whimsical things!

This is a shot that my husband took, of the location we usually frequent, and below is a screen shot of another location I found when I googled the store.

Here is the link to their three locations in Paris, and a google map. 

These little ceramic animal creamers are part of a collection that I have brought home from each of our visits to Paris. I just think they are sweet.

They look right at home with the new hooks!

Here is the link to the store's website. Granted, it's in french, but you can get an idea of the fun merchandise.

I love the GW. You just never know what you'll find!
Now I am off to figure out how to squeeze a trip to Paris in before summer! Thank you to my husband,  who still supplies the airline employee travel passes, long after I traded my days as a fly girl to be a stay at home mommy to the best boy in the whole world! :-)

P.S. Amazing news of the week is, that one of my nieces has been offered a year long paid internship for an outstanding french company in PARIS!!! What a chance of a lifetime for a young girl to live and work in Paris, and totally submerge herself in french daily life, before heading on to one of the many outstanding universities that have accepted her in the U.S.
We would LOVE any excuse to go to Paris, but especially if our beautiful niece was living and working there. I suspect that she would not have a shortage of visitors. We are a family full of pilots and former pilots with airline passes, after all!

Wishing you all a fabulous weekend!
xo
-Lisa

Woo-hoo!!! This post was featured over at Rhoda's fantastic blog, Southern Hospitality, for her Thrifty Treasures Party! Thanks so much, Rhoda! My blog loves the spotlight!

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