Julia I Ain't

So, my in-laws are coming over for dinner tonight, along with Mr. Scrimp's grandmother, who has never been to our house before, and for whom I have never cooked.

Naturally, I am also trying to wrap up a massive project at work, my house is a mess due to a series of welcome parties and beloved weekend guests, and I am in a tizzy of panic about, well, everything.

So, of course, I decided that French cooking would be a good idea on a full workday, especially if I made a recipe that I'd never made before. With grand visions of the most delicious boeuf bourguignon EVER dancing in my head, I dropped Mr. Scrimp off at work and headed for Whole Foods.

Christmas in January

My brother and sister-in-law gave us a gift card for Christmas, and tonight we went and used part of it to buy something that I have been wanting for a very, very long time. What is it, you ask?

Recognize this beauty?

Yes! I'm a little embarrassed to admit that we didn't already own it, because buying it after Julie and Julia came out makes us look like we're jumping on a bandwagon. Thing is, when we lived with our parents, there was never a need for either of us to own a copy. And when we got married, we each assumed that the other had one. So we ended up married and in possession of Julia Child books, but not that one.

Is it strange that I want to sit down and read it cover-to-cover, just like a novel? It's so pretty.