best laid Plans...

Well i know that in my last post i faithfully promised detailed pictures of Hampton Court, but after all my bragging about going we ended up not going. Chris, poor thing, woke up feeling quite unwell with a really bad stomach. He insisted that we still go...

After several attempts to stay in be we trouped off to the rail station but didn't get very far.

*enter London Tube*

We arrived at the tube station to find it closed due to emergency repair work caused by a slip on the tracks that happened over night. Great. Rush hour too mind... So we walked up to the next tube station, which im sure you can imagine was absolute bedlam with Three of the main lines from east london into the city out of action. For those that know london the district, circle and hammersmith and city lines were out. The only one available was the already overused Central line.

We were on the look out for a chemist for Chris but didn't see one on the way.

We cued up to get into the station and arrived on a platform about 10 deep in front of the train. this would have been ok if there was room for more than 50 people on each train (with about 15 carriages...) so we waited about 4 trains. people were pulling each other onto the tube and squashing each other in like sardines. Just because your feet were in didn't mean all of you was in as the door curve over at the top. so people keep getting stuck when the doors closed which slowed the process considerably.

about 4 trains later we made it onto a tube. As i'm short i ca't reach the bars in the middle of the train, and as i had no hope in hell of reaching the sides of the train i was stuck holding onto chris and trying not to topple into everyone else. I didn't even have the room to spread my feet apart for balance!

about 4 stops into the journey chris had to get off as he was (quite rightly) feeling rather unwell and hot. I had taken off my jacket and things before i got on but chris was still in a warm jumper and was overheating.

We jumped off at St pauls and eventually decided to give the tube a miss (and i told him there was no way we going to Hampton court and we were going to a chemist. ) We found a chemist and had some tea next door.

*enter shopping*

we found the street with all the second had bookshops and boarders books and spend the day reading. not a bad day all up.

came home about 3 and chris went to bed ( nothing unusual there)

It is now about9:30am and he is still in bed and says he is feeling better. a good thing since we are on a train today to Chippenham to go camping!!!

This brings me to another point! We are away for a couple of days and will have no Internet connection. Repeat. * NO INTERNET CONNECTION* until at least Monday night, maybe longer. We should be back on Wednesday - ish. we are leaving for France a couple of days after that though.

well that ends this missive.

better get packed for camping.
byeeeee

I have one thing to say....

HARRODS food hall!!!

Well i thought you should all know, that today i spent about 100,000 pounds in Harrods. Well i would have if Chris hadn't been there to stop me.

Here is Chris after he had got me out of Harrods only spending 12 pounds and 25 pence.)

We wandered around the food halls first, and i have never seen such amazing foods and displays. All the fresh fish is a work of art, and don't get me started on the Chocolates.

We need to go back because we didn't get very far in. We were going to go back and get chocolate brownies but after drinking pure chocolate we were over chcolated.

I have never had such a nice hot chocolate. they melted the pure dark chocolate in with pieces of orange which are taken out after they have infused the chocolate. They use this pure chocolate and some vanilla cream to make me hot chocolate!!!! yummmy.....

We found some Fejoa fruits in the fuit section. They had been taken off display because there were only about 6 ones left. The nice lady gave them all to me pay for that one and i'll give them all to you.. very nice, but i guess they were nearly ready to be thrown.

(Here they are...) yummm

As for my mental spending, i found a perfume i wanted at 100 pounds a bottle. Not that i bought that one!!!

then i saw my perfect cutlery set!!!!! 9000 pounds!!!! but oh my god was it beeeeautiful!

it had stamped gold into the amazing handles. The alternative set was all gold with stamped silver. I prefered the silver though.

the rug, was 20,000 pounds, and looked it. About as large as our lounge and pure silk.

the antique furniture room was just "wow" i spent up large in there.

My green dress was only 890 pounds.

Then the piano. Top of the range grand piano at about 37,000 pounds. (on sale from 47,000)

so really all in all a profitable day!!

We came home and took wine, cheese and crackers up onto the terrace. Dan, James's friend brought an ipod and speakers, dinner, ice, and all sorts of other things.

PREVIOUS DAYS!

We went to see Naomi a few days ago... the day that Chris didn't go to bed till 10:00am the next morning... this is the street they live in....

Kate, one of the girls who lives there, did my hair at about 2:00am...

Ok, i had to put this picture in... We bought a camping set for the south of England (tent sleeping bags and mats for 39 pounds)

This is Chris trying out his new sleeping bag!!!!

Gone Visiting...

Yesterday was a pretty cool day in the end...

We went out about lunch time to Oxford street and had a look around. The shoe shops are fantastic... if you love cool shoes then London is the place to get them. So far, however, i havn't been that impressed by the clothes. So for the moment i can say i havn't bought ANYTHING.

We eventually made it to Convent Garden to a pub called "The Punch and Judy" at 2:00 to see Katie and Andy. it was a really good afternoon/evening/night and we finally went home about 10;00 that night. I was very much the worse for wear, but Chris was surprised that i had managed to keep up with the pints. They all had SIX pints. I manged 5, but considering my last record is one and a half pints, Chris said i did "really well". lol!!!

We had a great time and we are going to meet up sometime this week as well. Hopefully we will all meet up in Bath on the 19th.

Still booking flights/accomation blah blah blah,......

"we've all been a' shopping.."

Sooooo rude of me, but i chased him out of bed at 9:10am... and we ran down to Westfield shops.

"So much to do. So little time."

I was very good and actually spent money. (Better get used to this in Europe.)

I bought the following:

1. Walking Shoes, funky


2. Hair dye, very bright orange (will post photo when it dries)


3. Ipod, on sale


4. B'day pressie, for papa's 50th


5. Breakfast, fattening


6. Dress, also funky


7. Leggings, black for under said funky dress, also very cool


8. leggings, beige, don't like and am returning tomorrow


9. Make up case, totally the most awsome thing ever created

Oh and i got my eyebrows done....

Came home had a nana nap, went over to parents and got mama to dye my hair. very bright orange!!!

Anyone wanna see the photo of the boy's face when he comes home from work and finds me with orange hair :-)

Edit: Here is a photo taken at about midnight, after i had been to bed, but Chris made me get back up again...

It is brighter than in the photos as it is midnight and not really quite dry yet.