First time ever... to buy a PET bottled-wine.
Quite cheap, too. It was 370 yen or 3.50 dollars.



Taste was just per price.
It were like water to me. Hahaha.
Though, the supper was even better because:



GREAT tune!
MoonFlower made a great pick at the grocery this afternoon.

Wine was okay... but the main dish - Tuna Sashimi was AWESOME!

No particular plan for the day - though, MoonFlower and I had a train ride to Shinjuku.
Stopped by a small cafe located underground, not too far from Isetan department store.
Not first time... but still second.

For what? My favorite stuff can be found here.



French toast!



Pancake is much popular and center of trend here... but I do not care.
I like what I like... what else!

After filling out the wants out of stomach... went into Isetan for filling out the wants out of wrist?
Hahaha.
Didn't buy anything though.



Royal Oak was maintained a bit...
One screw at push bottom within the buckle was loose. So tightened it up for me.
Good! Mission is complete!

Didn't buy really nothing for me and MoonFlower and we simply came home afterward.



Home dinner & drinking just began.
Canned sparkling wine - we picked up at local super market.
Interesting stuff, really.



Taste okay... not that bad.



Better open a bottle because canned wine was not sufficient.
Not full bottle tonight. Just half one.
Haut-Medoc one.







Japanese food with wine...



Even more... Japanese egg omelette.



Plus, strawberry pudding from Senbikiya - famous and expensive fruit parlor.
Actually, this was quite good!

This was great to conclude a weekend like that. Just like that...

Big salad for supper!
Still part of my diet.
Plus, this is my favorite.



If you do not know of this fact, I can tell you:
I love parsley. Really.
Though, Japan people do not eat this much... TOO BAD!

I like the taste of this particular bitterness. Do you?

Monthly event - for family gathering, drove down to Chiba in the morning.
Later than planned... well, I was LATE.
Leaving the house late and driving Alfa Romeo into mildly-congested traffic. Hahaha. True, though.

Overall, MoonFlower and I arrived her mother's place one and a half hour later!
Typical? We're always slow and not punctual???

Anyway, went to cemetery for prayer. Of course, we cleaned that place up right before.

Then made a stop-by at Italian restaurant for lunch.



Very fresh salad... MUST for me to eat before anything else for each meal.



Pasta as entree. Too much garlic... which I usually stay away... but didn't today.
Too much carbohydrate. Yeah, I should be careful about this, shouldn't I?



Maybe this post is not making sense too much. Let me explain.
After meal, we went DIY shop for shopping.
For laundry hanger - price w/o tax is 815 yen or about 8 dollars.

With tax 5% (current until end of March), 855 yen
With tax 8 % (April and beyond), 880 yen

Yeah, Japan is facing the consumption tax increase from 5 to 8% by 3%.
Big impact, huh.
Now driving housewives crazy about what to buy before to save more. Big problem.

On top of that, we look at another increase by 2% within 2 years!!!
Are we sure that Japan's economy --- growth currently perceived is really sustainable?
I doubt about it.



Another carbohydrate for supper! Too much? Or just right?
Well, at least I walked the dog for energy consumption.



Main dish was crab!!!
Another year-end celebration were just around the corner!!!
Good stuff.

I will slow down a bit tomorrow for sure.