Novelette: Pink Valentine Part III

Hello FABULOUS Ooh La Frou Frou City Girls!

I hope you had a wonderful weekend!

Mine was a relaxing one filled with
some pretty drawings ...
delicious dinners out, romantic movies in ...

an afternoon with favorite magazines in a quiet bookstore ...
fresh strawberries dusted with powdered sugar ...

caramel coffee with whipped cream ...

and, of course, the sparkle of

Oscar Night!

February, the "Love Month,"

has been wrapped in a little extra love

here at the Ooh La Frou Frou City Girls.

What better way to finish the month than

indulging in a little romantic fantasy with

Part III of the Pink Valentine Novelette!

If you missed the first two segments

and would like to read them first,

just go to Part I and Part II.

Are you ready for III?

Then, let's go!

~xo~

As the Upper East Side kisses a lovely day goodbye ...

... and opens its arms to another a glamorous night ...

... we find a certain City Girl tucked away
 in a chic 64th Street townhouse.
On this particular evening, she is filled with anticipation
as she prepares for a glamorous date ...
dinner at an elegant French restaurant in the city,
 La Grenouille.
After a day of shopping and
trying on piece after beautiful piece ...

... her dress has finally been chosen ...
as have the shoes and the clutch and the jewels ...
~ meanwhile ~
... on the other side of town,
her handsome admirer looks forward
to the same romantic evening.
 

Aimee never likes to rush date night preparations.

In fact, she finds luxurious preparation a key ingredient

 in the glamorous fun of it all. 

Having arrived home with her shopping bags,

she made sure she had time to relax a little ...

... then she lowered the lights, lit candles all around and
soaked her tired muscles in a warm scented bath.

Do you real-life City Girls ever turn the
 hot water down at the end of a shower?
Little by little, making the water
 cooler and cooler at the end,
closing your eyes as it washes over your face,
and as it does, imagining you're diving
 into a refreshing pool?
Aimee loves that  .. and, so, on this day,
as a finishing touch, she soaked her tired feet
in a cool treat..

As soft notes of her French CD
 gently wafted through the air around her,
 the bustling city just outside her door
 seemed very far away ...
and memories of her last trip to Paris
fell all about her like petals from the sky ...




As much as she simply adores New York ...
Aimee shares her heart with Paris.
To Aimee it doesn't matter whether it's
Paris in spring ...




... or Paris in winter ...






... she thinks Audrey was absolutely right ...

How lucky was she, then, she thought,
that her date selected a French restaurant!
One by one, Aimee reached into her shopping bags
to pull out her treasures ...

As Aimee is dressing,
let me stop here to say thank you to all of you that
voted last week, selecting your choice of favorite date outfit
from the suggestions offered by four of you
wonderful real-life City Girls ...
and a big thank you to those four that
went on a mental shopping trip for such beautiful choices!
The winner of the vote was
Number 3 ~ Kim of A Very Sweet Blog!
Thank you, Kim, for your suggestions!
Very glamorous, indeed!

Below, I've illustrated the items that
 Kim suggested for Aimee's elegant date ...
don't you think the layers of the pink chiffon dress
will look lovely in the breeze?

 


~ At La Grenouille ~
... a handsome man looks over the menu
 as he awaits the arrival of Aimee ...






... and he is completely unaware that his jaw is about to drop ...
for, as he sits awaiting her at the table ...
a limousine door opens just outside.
Aimee has arrived.

Thank you, everyone, for joining me for a February fantasy!
Have a fabulous week ... I hope it's very sweet!




All Illustration By:
Artist and Illustrator
 Sandra Shelton Markwalder
{Sandy M}
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Photos in this post found via:
(many edited by Ooh La Frou Frou)
Top to bottom:
City 1 ~ City 2 ~ Sparkling Dresses
Tom Ford Tux ~ Pleated Dress Reclining
Candle ~ Foot Bath ~ Petals Falling
Roses ~ Sheer Dress Over Shorts ~ Paris in Winter
Pink Coat ~ Eiffel Tower ~ Lingerie in Box
Chanel Box ~ Savory Foods Clockwise 1, 2, 3
Sweet Foods Clockwise 1, 2, 3
La Grenouille