Too much domesticity?

On the return journey from house hunting on Thursday afternoon, we had to stop off at Leroy Merlin in Angouleme, just 47ks from home, to pick up a new wall heater unit, a new kitchen faucet and something for the docents who take care of this property in the absence of the owners.
The wind had come up, the sky darkened and the temperature dropped considerably in the space of about 10 mins. We had all the paper work to make the pick up, but you have to stand in line to get it all stamped, and then you stand (or sit) in line to wait for the objects to be brought out and deposited in your car.

I rushed back to the car for another coat, and the camera. The dark sky was littering the parking lot with huge rain drops, not necessarily uniformly.

I sent Waz inside to the kitchen department to look for the specific kitchen faucet we had been instructed to choose, by the owners. We had cleaned up the large leak under the sink...well, it was a matter of standing water, actually, but Waz managed to make the old faucet work without leaking any further, until we could put the new one in.

The heater was too heavy for me, but I managed to persuade the fella to put it in the back of the car for me. I joined Waz in the store, and we asked for some assistance to find the right faucet. That done, we decided to take a look at the kitchens, just around the corner. These kitchen have been priced for the complete package, which looked pretty reasonable to us.
I didn't take any photos, but we thought a kitchen for an apartment for around 3,300 euros was reasonable, including appliances. You can also get them installed for a price.
While we were inside, it had rained cats and dogs, and as we finally left the parking lot and made our way home, we discovered, in the twilight, that parts of the countryside were white with hail.
It made for rather slow travel, as I was following the previous cars, there being a white line of hail under the car, for much of the distance. It was a VERY dark night, which didn't help at all.

Friday morning Waz finally had a dentist appointment in the nearby town of La Tour Blanche. The dentist is Scottish, therefore English speaking. We met two other clients in the waiting room who are English, so obviously he is the man to see!
Waz had broken one of his top back left teeth the day we arrived at the house, and it took two weeks to get this appointment. We were grateful for being fitted in, as it were.
A rather spare environment with straight backed wooden chairs, designed to not make you feel comfy. The nurse is also the receptionist, book keeper and well, dental assistant. She is French and though she spoke a little English, she spoke to us in French.

We were up early so we could make the appointed time, taking about 15 mins to get there. What we hadn't anticipated was that the whole world around us was not only foggy, but frozen! Yes, that is ice all over the car.
Just as well we were ready 1/2 an hour early, because we used that time to pour water over the windshield, but only after Waz took to it with the de-icing tool included in our car rental.

 It was COLD out there. A hard frost covered the land, and that lake-like puddle out there was frozen too.

 I stayed outside just long enough to get these photos. The car seemed to take forever to warm up, and the steering wheel was so cold, I could barely touch it. I didn't have my gloves on because they are slippery on the wheel.

 The fog made travel a bit tricky, along the back roads...well, they are main roads, but anyone else would call them back roads, lol. This is what we saw when we finally parked the car at 9.20am.

The waiting room was spare, as I said. At least there was a heat pump to keep us warm. We didn't take off too many clothes though.

The dentist was very low key. All his equipment was new and the latest technology. He barely had to get out of his seat to do anything. He x-rayed the tooth in question, and decided to take the old filling out, and replace it with a white one which you cant really see, now. The cost for the whole procedure which took less than half an hour? 79 euros. Just on $100 US.
So, tell us why it would have cost around $300 US in the states?

Waz's jaw was still slightly numb when we left, so we decided to take a left turn towards Verteillac for a cup of coffee, rather than go straight home. He also wanted to see what the Boulangerie had in their store, as they had returned from vacation, this week. We bought a dessert each for lunch and a small baguette. All of which were excellent. I didn't take photos of the desserts....he had a Millefeuille which is his default dessert, and I had a mocha something that was delish.
I wanted to show Waz the grocery store there that has everything including the kitchen sink...What I didn't count on finding was a HUGE sausage maker. I have a photo of it but it doesn't want to load right now.

The Charcuterie is on the corner and the purveyor was filling his truck to take to a nearby market, as we walked to the Boulangerie.

 New babies are in the fields all around here. These two sweathearts are less than a week old.

 We came home and I made some butternut pumpkin soup and cheese scones for lunch. Perfect for such a cold day.

While I cooked, Waz got the new heater ready for installing and took the old one off its perch in the bedroom. It would be another two days before he was able to return to that task.

The next morning (Saturday) Waz installed the new faucet.

 Voila! Perfect, thank you.
Happy that the job was easy enough, though the black counter is slightly canted downwards which means the faucet is too. The handle has to be angled, therefore.

Anyway...Lots of things happening right now, most of which I cannot report, so you will have to wait for that information.
Time to go and do something else for a change:) A Bientot.