another KitKat...

today is the day i moved my summer shoes from the hall to the ..."shoe room", aka doctors room. the day temperatures are around 19-23 and i even need warm socks inside the house, there is no way im going out in sandals anymore. BUT, the other day i bought shoes for the fall/winter! real leather, sturdy heels - got them from another expat who had bought the wrong size essentially... 

me and Arttu watching telly when he was here.  

 

doctor has a birthday next week and i was struggling over what to get him, its a semi-round number after all, 35! Arttu pushed me towards the gadgets, which doctor loves...  so eventually i got a 10" Samsung tablet. i couldnt keep it a secret very long of course and gave it last night. i had essentially started leading doctor astray like a week ago, when he was talking about buying a proper, good quality umbrella. i said i will get it for him as a birthday gift! i would think thats an odd gift but i knew he wouldnt object. anyway, yesterday i said i found the perfect umbrella, and he was somewhat worried about it, asking the diameter of the umbrella etc :D i had him close his eyes and gave a pink box...and enjoyed seeing his face when in the box he found a printed picture of an umbrella and his tablet. i love seeing him happy like that. its not the fanciest tablet around but its not certain how useful it will be (his phone being almost the size of a tablet), i figured if he loves, he will buy the fancy model next year - fair enough?

Sebastian arrives tonight, i gotta get ready for an Istanbul Tour weekend...