Score!

After Jen and I watched some high school soccer yesterday morning (it was a beautiful weekend to be outside!), Meg and I headed to my favorite market - the HongQiao flower market. I broke down and shelled out the bucks to buy an oil painting I'd been admiring all year. And then we found two orange throw pillows to match! I also got a little black-brown ceramic stool for my entryway, and some pretty orange wine glasses that will carry the new orange decorating scheme into the dining area. After I got home, I googled "orange pillow" and found this -

for $64.95. But mine -

was only 45 RMB -- that's $6.42!!! Yay for good deals in China! After we unpacked our goodies at home, Meg and I headed over to the river for a German dinner at Paulaner and for some pictures on the Bund.