Days of Rest (and shopping)

Not much happening lately. After Wednesday night out at the bars/clubs (Thursday's pintxos at the bars don't count), I haven't gone back since ^^ Some of the other Erasmus people are truly dedicated - they've been out every night from Wednesday night to Saturday night. =_= I'm going to be known as an anti-social stay-at-home...

Oh well, Friday has been productive - shopping-wise, haha. Went to enrol in Spanish at uni, then made lunch. It's made from the disastrous rice from the other day, which I have now made into congee + ingredients from my steak dish. hehee The bastard child of "meat and two veg" with "congee". Seriously, this was what I had in the fridge! Veal fillets marinated with rice wine and soy sauce (did I mention I found my local asian grocers? Ginger and soy sauce and rice wine - I've lived too long without them!) and broccoli... haha

My little bastard child
Meat-and-2veg meet congee

Then post office, and shopping at Zara! I heard from my friends that some serious bargains were going on, and it's true! T-shirts at 3.99€ = AUD$5.30 and jeans at 10€. I went a bit nuts... haha I've decided I need to cut down on shopping - I've spent more on shopping in the last two weeks than rent. But on the other hand, they have some really good sales on now. Ok, I only need dancing clothes and shoes, and boots now, and I'm not buying anything else. (Because I'm enrolling in hip hop dancing at uni! wohoo)

My new additions to the wardrobe

My birthday gift from the Aussie girls! I was so surprised ^^
The socks are the cutest though

My 2nd loaf: bought like a true spaniard
I braved the cold, lined up, got it, and went home
I'm sorry I didn't get a picture of the whole thing, I finished a third before I thought of taking a picture

Ok, it doesn't look amazing, but it tastes amazing

Saturday was the epic day of discovery of fresh baguette. I've noticed this phenomenon every time I'm in a bakery (panaderia) - I see people braving the cold down to the store, queue up for ages, and buy a single stick of bread. Then yesterday I head over to the supermarket for groceries. I've run out of bread, smell the fragrance of baking bread, and see someone putting out some fresh baguettes. So I grab one, it's still crusty and warm in my hands and head home. I cut it up, put some olive oil and salt on it and eat it, and it is seriously the most amazing thing ever. Next thing I know half of it is gone. I thought resorting to bocadillos for meals was embarrassing, but not anymore. 

Some girls came over at night for movie night; and we finish off the amazing bread. Then we opened up the popcorn and chips and watched Despicable Me. =)