WIWS: The Coffee Drinking and Clothes Shopping Edition

On Thursday, I had a lovely time strolling down the walking street of the small, sleepy German town where I've been staying with my son.  It was sunny and warm, a perfect day to be out and about.  My first stop was at a nice little café on the marktplatz (marketplace), which is sort of the town square, where I ordered a große Tasse Kaffee (large cup of coffee).

This coffee was so large that it didn't really come in a cup.  It was more like a bowl--a big soup bowl, with no handles.  I had to pick it up with both hands to drink it.

Here's what I love, love, love about the way they serve coffee in this country: they always put a little cookie--usually a crisp, Biscoff-style cookie--on the saucer.  Is that the best tradition, or what?  Why don't they do this in the US?

My only complaint is that with every regular-sized cup of coffee that I've ordered over here, I've gotten a regular-sized cookie; so one would think that with this  große-sized cup, there would be a große-sized cookie as well.  Wouldn't one?  But look at that tiny cookie on the spoon, and note how disproportionately small it is next to my VAT of coffee! 

But I really can't complain.  A tiny cookie is better than no cookie at all!

I leisurely sipped my coffee, while reading my Kindle book and taking breaks to people-watch.  (It was very busy out on the square.)

After I left the cafe, I stopped in at a little clothing boutique and spotted a pale green crepe blouse on sale for 2.99.  (1 euro = 1.13 US dollars these days, so that's still pretty cheap!)  It was St. Patty's Day...and the blouse was green...and I would have lost money if I hadn't bought it at that price...so guess who has a new blouse?

And then I passed another boutique and spotted a pashmina-style scarf that matched it perfectly, for 10 euro.  Although it was not quite as much of a steal as the blouse, I decided that the two pieces worn together would make a nice Sunday Mass ensemble, paired with my trusty black knit traveling skirt (a Dress Barn wardrobe staple of mine).

The blouse is so soft and loose and flowy.  Just my cup of tea.

It hangs a little longer in the back.

And as I said, it's definitely loose-fitting.

It might look like I bought the wrong size, but I think this is the way it's supposed to fit.  The sleeves and shoulders on the smaller size were very tight.

I really love these new additions to my wardrobe.  I think they make me look very European, don't you?

Well, maybe not.  But I think I'm going to get a lot of wear out of them all the same.  I wore them today for Palm Sunday Mass, as a matter of fact.

Did you see what I did there?  That's right, this here is a What I Wore Sunday post!  And if you'd like to see what some other lovely ladies wore, head on over to Fine Linen and Purple!