Sundays are always my favourite day. Relax a bit, read the newspaper magazines, go to church, hang out with people.
Sundays in London have been a little bit different, but it still has that relaxed vibe.
Today I woke up at 9.30. MASSIVE sleep in.
Waited for Tesco to open at 10.30, then went to get some eggs to make pancakes. Had pancakes with strawberries, raspberries and blueberries and ice cream and maple syrup. I love food. Clearly.
Lazed around at home for a bit. It actually wasn't all that long, because by the time we'd gone to Tesco and come back, and made the pancakes, and ate it, and chatted, it was like lunchtime.
So I didn't have lunch, just a light snack before Rachel and I went to the shops at Lewisham, just for me to grab essentials and have a look around the place.
Once in a lifetime, a match is made in heaven. Today I met my match in a handbag shop, or really, a bag shop, called Travel Zone. I am super fussy about what I want in a handbag. It has to look somewhat sophisticated and not like I found it off the street. It has to be big, to fit all my stuff, preferably including a jumper. I have a lot of stuff, and while I'm travelling I'm carrying around lunch and a drink bottle as well. It has to have long enough handles so that I can open it to get stuff out while it's on my shoulder. It has to be easy to open, so that I can chuck stuff in easily. It can't be fiddly with buckles and clasps. And while I'm in London, it has to be a zip so no one can pickpocket at busy train stations.
Today I met the perfect handbag. It had EVERYTHING, and more. It's deceptively big- it looks small, but can fit a lot. There is a big pocket, which is what I need just to chuck stuff if I'm in a rush, but it also has side pockets. It has a little pocket on the outside where I will keep my tube map, because I need that one a lot. And it even fits my puffy jacket! So yeah I'm pretty much in love with this bag.
Then Rachel and I met Joo Chew in the city. We went out to dinner in China town, in this dingy little restaurant down a quiet little lane. It's called C&R Malaysian cuisine or something like that. It had really good Char Koay Teow. And you guys know how much convincing it takes to get me to eat hawker food, let alone like it, cos usually it's really oily and unhealthy. But this one was really good. It wasn't soggy, or too oily. It wasn't expensive (though Joo Chew wouldn't let me pay. I actually pushed it, but he refused), and a good serving size. The food came quickly. And it was very flavourful. Gosh I'm fussy, aren't I? The waiters weren't very cheerful, but that's not particularly unusual in Asian restaurants.
Then it rained, like poured, while Rachel and I walked to Shakespeare's Globe to go see a play. We actually got soaked, though she had an umbrella and I had my puffy rain jacket.
Today I spent my thousandth pound in the UK. Just sayin'
Sundays in London have been a little bit different, but it still has that relaxed vibe.
Today I woke up at 9.30. MASSIVE sleep in.
Waited for Tesco to open at 10.30, then went to get some eggs to make pancakes. Had pancakes with strawberries, raspberries and blueberries and ice cream and maple syrup. I love food. Clearly.
Lazed around at home for a bit. It actually wasn't all that long, because by the time we'd gone to Tesco and come back, and made the pancakes, and ate it, and chatted, it was like lunchtime.
So I didn't have lunch, just a light snack before Rachel and I went to the shops at Lewisham, just for me to grab essentials and have a look around the place.
Once in a lifetime, a match is made in heaven. Today I met my match in a handbag shop, or really, a bag shop, called Travel Zone. I am super fussy about what I want in a handbag. It has to look somewhat sophisticated and not like I found it off the street. It has to be big, to fit all my stuff, preferably including a jumper. I have a lot of stuff, and while I'm travelling I'm carrying around lunch and a drink bottle as well. It has to have long enough handles so that I can open it to get stuff out while it's on my shoulder. It has to be easy to open, so that I can chuck stuff in easily. It can't be fiddly with buckles and clasps. And while I'm in London, it has to be a zip so no one can pickpocket at busy train stations.
Today I met the perfect handbag. It had EVERYTHING, and more. It's deceptively big- it looks small, but can fit a lot. There is a big pocket, which is what I need just to chuck stuff if I'm in a rush, but it also has side pockets. It has a little pocket on the outside where I will keep my tube map, because I need that one a lot. And it even fits my puffy jacket! So yeah I'm pretty much in love with this bag.
Then Rachel and I met Joo Chew in the city. We went out to dinner in China town, in this dingy little restaurant down a quiet little lane. It's called C&R Malaysian cuisine or something like that. It had really good Char Koay Teow. And you guys know how much convincing it takes to get me to eat hawker food, let alone like it, cos usually it's really oily and unhealthy. But this one was really good. It wasn't soggy, or too oily. It wasn't expensive (though Joo Chew wouldn't let me pay. I actually pushed it, but he refused), and a good serving size. The food came quickly. And it was very flavourful. Gosh I'm fussy, aren't I? The waiters weren't very cheerful, but that's not particularly unusual in Asian restaurants.
Then it rained, like poured, while Rachel and I walked to Shakespeare's Globe to go see a play. We actually got soaked, though she had an umbrella and I had my puffy rain jacket.
Today I spent my thousandth pound in the UK. Just sayin'
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