French women must have feet of steel

Almost forget a pic of the new carpet. Pretty isn't it?

Throughout the next week or so, I'm hoping to make this place a little more homey and me. Maybe I should check out those flea markets...

Also, I wanted to point out an observation based on painful, first-hand experience.

You see tons of women with cute and fashionable shoes, and more than half the time, they're heels. I'm trying to keep up, and my feet are definitely feeling it. Here's pic of what my feet like look right now. I put some thick 'second skin' bandages (which cost me about 10 euros for a package!) on this morning, and then a band-aid just now when I peeled off one piece of said second skin and unintentionally popped a blister:

I figure in a couple more weeks, my entire feet should be calloused entirely and I guess it won't be much of a problem then. Voila!