On Sunday my mum and I went to London, as we often do for a girls get away. I thought I’d share with you some of the stuff we got up to, it’s probably gonna be a long one so I hope you don’t mind (there also will be a post coming up of the stuff I bought). On Sunday we got the train at 10:20. 
On the train I had a Pret smoked salmon and cream cheese sandwich (which is my favourite and super delicious), a bottle of water and the latest issue of Nylon with Tavi Gevinson on the front. There were quite a few delays and waits but we finally arrived at London at 13:05. The first thing we did was get the tube to Old Street, where we then walked to Columbia Road Flower Market. 
I didn’t get any pictures there because it was super busy and you could barely move. But it smelt so good with all the flowers and looked so pretty. There were lots of shops at the side and we went in an old sweet shop and I wanted to buy everything. We then walked down the street a bit and they had these mini cafés in between the shops, where my mum got a double espresso and I got a delicious hot chocolate. We then continued walking down, as we were trying to find a specific shop we wanted to go to, and then we got a little bit lost in a park. Where I found a Fight Club quote printed on a door, which I thought was pretty cool. 
After asking for directions we got back on track and managed to find the shop we wanted called When I Am Rich. My mum later enlightened me on the name of the shop, as it was in Shoreditch and if you remember the old nursery rhyme Oranges and Lemons one of the lines was “when I am rich said the bells of Shoreditch”, which I thought was very clever. It was one of those shops where you properly have to dig around and look, so we spent a good amount of time in there and I also did a bit of damage. 
We then walked to the next shop we wanted to find, called Storm In A Teacup. Which was a really nice shop but everything was quite expensive as it was designer and I was trying to be good and not buy too much. We then walked to where we were meeting a friend and on the way we saw a tv show/film being shot, which was very exciting. It looked like it was set in the 1950s or so and they’d made all the old shops and the costumes were amazing, it was very interesting to watch. After being a little bit nosey, we continued walking to where we were meeting our friend, at a Japanese restaurant called The Japanese Canteen. Where I had an All Salmon Set with salmon rolls and salmon and avocado maki. It was delicious. 
After the meal we went to Beyond Retro. They were playing Halloween music such as This Is Halloween from The Nightmare Before Christmas, which is one of my favourites. They also had a Halloween section where there were costumes like wedding dresses covered in blood and they even had Halloween jumpers, which I really wanted but I already have a less in your face one. I did buy something, not halloween related, but you’ll have to wait for another post to see. 
The next day we took the bus to St Giles High Street, as we wanted to go to a restaurant that had been recommended to us by the friend we met up with yesterday. The restaurant was called Ippudo. It was absolutely delicious my favourites were the gyoza and the cucumber dish (I can’t remember what it was called). It was just very simple dishes but they were so fresh, clean but with great taste. 
After we’d eaten our delicious brunch, we went shopping (again) on one ofthe main shopping streets, Regent Street. There we went to one of my all time favourite shops, & Other Stories. I absolutely love the clothes and the layout of the shop, to be honest just everything in general is perfect. I love how a lot of things are on shelves or little tables with plants everywhere and everything is colour coordinated. 
The make up and bath section is set up so nicely. The packaging of all the make up is gorgeous and the quality is amazing. 
They also have tables with mirrors and chairs, like mini make up/dressing tables in your bedroom, where you can test the make up. The soap/bath/shower section is set up with a large sink and mirror and all the soaps on the sink, like you would have in your bathroom. 
We then went to another favourite, Liberty. My mum wanted to buy a perfume balm from a shop, called Diptyque Paris. The shop smelt amazing and had the most beautiful peacock wallpaper. 
The products were all set up on these beautiful white shelves, they reminded me of what a posh woman would have had in her bedroom or parlour room. 
The next stop was Anthropologie. As soon as you walk into Anthropologie you always smell the most amazing smell every time. When you walk a bit further in, you see the most amazing wall covered in plants, every time I see it I always think, I want that in my future house. 
When you go upstairs there’s a room, that’s like a bedroom with a bed inside and a sort of pretend bathroom. My mum and I always joke about living there, but I honestly would. 
It’s set up like a house but also a shop, there will be products set up on shelves you could have in your house and then there would be a sofa next to it. Anthropologie would be a shop I could definitely live in, and wouldn’t mind at all. 
Also they had these most beautiful typewriters and I was very desperate to buy one. But I knew it would be very neglected and would just be sat there to look pretty. The noise typewriters make me feel very happy for some reason. 
We then went to another of my favourite shops, Uniqlo. The clothes here are always so simple, yet look good and they’re amazing quality. I always want everything from here, even the men’s clothes. 
Next we took the tube to Knightsbridge and went to Harrods to look at the food section, because it’s always amazing. They had all the Christmas decorations up (bit early into opinion, but I still appreciated them.) The food court of Harrods is amazing, I don’t even know if the food tastes great, but it all looks bloody amazing. Also the building is amazing, in the main part of the food section, the ceiling amazes me. 
We then walked to Kensington High Street, on the way we walked past the Victoria & Albert Museum and the National History Museum (where Harry Styles was a bit later on!!!! Unfortunately didn’t see him though.) 
Once at Kensington High Street we went to the huge Whole Foods they have there. My mum wanted to go and I was a bit like “eh”, but once inside my life changed they had everything from a sushi bar and an actual bar with wine to a whole room full of cheese and a chocolate counter. I got a pretzel as a little snack which was delicious. 
After our Whole Foods extravaganza, we took the tube to Regents Park. Here, we had tea with some family friends. I unfortunately didn’t take any pictures of the food, but they were little sandwiches with no crust, samosas, the most amazing cupcakes (I had two oops) and more. Finally, on our last day we got the bus to Dover Street in Mayfair as we wanted to have a nosey in Victoria Beckham’s new shop. First we went to Miu Miu, one of my favourite high end shops, the designs are simply gorgeous here and I wanted a lot of very pricey things. I fell in love with these shoes, I’d never be able to afford them but you know I can wish. 
We then tried to go to the Victoria Beckham shop but it didn’t open until 11 and we needed to go eat before we got our train at 1. We went back to Uniqlo as my mum wanted to change the size of some trousers and we cheekily ended up buying more things. 
We then went back to the same Japanse restaurant, Ippudo, as we loved it so much the first time and couldn’t stop thinking about it. It was just as delicious as the first time, maybe even more! 
Then we had to get the train back home 😦
Thanks for reading,
Roma x
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