domestic goddesses strike again!

since coming to paris, sarah and i have hosted five dinner parties - ranging from  4 to 20 people! last night we put on a dinner for jonathan's 20th birthday. we spent all day slaving in the kitchen, but the result was worth it...

in the spirit of being in france, we made moules frites - so cheap and so yummy!!

and followed them with our first ever attempt at a croquembouche, which sarah decided we absolutely "babed"!

it was a very successful night!! which made going to bed early to get up for an 8am class all the more difficult - glad i did though, as following my presentation i was questioned by my classmates for almost 45 minutes!!! and exchange was supposed to be easy :/

on a side note, despite being proud of my independence on monday... my replacement cash cards have yet to be delivered, highlighting that i'm possibly not quite as capable as i'd like to believe!