Let it snow, I am ready

Whenever I manage to have weekend for myself (or better said, for ourselves), it's relax time. Just to not have to pack and go anywhere, no driving, no cursing the traffic, weather or whatever, it's a blessing. And this weekend came unexpected. We have alone time. Which means, we're sleeping, cooking, not doing anything.

Yesterday for lunch I made gnocchi by request.

Gnocchi vegetarianese, no meat in there.

I spent the morning peeling potatoes, cooking, mashing, kneading, cutting,...

No store-bought pre-made gnocchi can compare, not even close! I made quite a bit of it, just because it takes time and I like to freeze the extra for future use.

Lunch is served.

After lunch, we went shopping for new shoes. Boyfriend suggested, I'm still amazed, cause he naturally hates shopping, but knew I needed the shoes.

You see, I have this problem with winter shoes. Before I moved I almost didn't know what snow was, because it never snowed in my hometown. That is, I ski, and enjoy going skiing and similar, but I never had the pleasure of experiencing the snowy slush on streets after snowing. So the first winter caught me unprepared. It also didn't snow very much and I made through it using regular winter shoes, stilletos and tennis shoes.

Next winter, thinking the winter would be pretty much the same, I just bought some snow-shoes for show. Cost about 30 €. Of course, they were not waterproof. Into the garbage they went.

Third winter I had a plan. I went and bought some real snow-shoes. Cost me about 80 € too. I asked the salesperson about 3 times if they were waterproof, and 3 times she said yes. I also bought some fency Tom Tailor boots for show, cost about 50€. Both turned out to be inusable right after snowing with the all present snow slush. The snow shoes were great for walking on frozen snow, though. The one that stays when there's -15°C and the snow doesn't melt. They stay, for those rare occasions, the Tom Tailor's almost fell apart after 3 outings. Garbage.

So this year, my 4th winter in the capital, I bought the only thing that should assure me to prevent the slush of entering my boots and wetting my socks. I bought lined boots, that are a mixture of regular boots and rain boots, that is, the lower part is made of rubber, the upper is regular (I also have regular rain rubber boots, but they are way too cold to use in winter plus have a ridiculous pattern). This should allow me walking in about 10 cm of slush, which should be enough. And if there would be more that 10 cm of slush, well, you really have nothing to do outdoors, have you.

So, having snowed twice already, I am now ready for winter time. And I should be, the temperatures are already at freezing point.

Friday, 21/10/2011
breakfast: home-made bread with vegan margarine & marmelade
lunch: dumplings in tomato sauce, small bowl of salad
dinner: large bowl of mixed salad, cookies

Saturday. 22/10/2011
breakfast: 2 toast with vegan ham&cheese
lunch: gnocchi vegetarianese
dinner: large bowl of mixed salad