13 gals from the ward helped my friend, Yvonne, celebrate her birthday with a girls shopping trip across the border into France. We left after the kids were in school and drove just over an hour to Soufflenheim, France – a little town known for it’s pottery. This was my second trip to Soufflenheim. Stores are open from 9:00 to 12:00 and then again from 2:30 – 5:00… Everyone closes shop for lunch. Since we arrived at about 10:00 we had exactly two hours to shop – then eat lunch and then head home before our kids got out of school. We wandered down the main street of town hitting all the best pottery shops. At one point, a group of us walked down a side street to an out of the way pottery shop that we hadn’t noticed before. The front gates were open but the front door to the shop was closed. We rang the bell and waited but no one came. Most of the gals gave up but Emma and I were determined to get inside. We could tell from looking in the windows there were some things we were interested in. We knocked and rang and wandered around their courtyard for any sign of people. Finally a man carrying big buckets walked across the property and we said, “Excusez moi!” He kindly opened the shop doors for us and went into the attached house to get his wife. Emma and I found ourselves immediately attracted to this blue line of pottery – (we have very similar tastes!) but it still took us a half hour to pick out our pieces. I ended up with three square-ish bowls and a similar low platter – that all stack perfectly. Emma picked up some gorgeous bowls and we both walked away thrilled that our determination had paid off. At 12:00 we headed to the corner and ate a great lunch with everyone before heading home. Good friends! Fun day. Yvonne thinks she’ll celebrate her birthday the same next year so maybe I’ll add to my collection!
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L.O.V.E. the dishes
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