Lazy weekend

My parents have been away for the week, enjoying the warm weather in Spain. And in celebration of having the house to myself, I decided be boring and spend the weekend lazy-ing around at home.

On Saturday I had a couple of visits from family. I made some pasta and salad and that's pretty much as laboring as my day got. My cousin Aurelija visited with her two boys so we enjoyed the lack of rain by going to the park and walking around.

Today, I have spent the day in PJs, protecting myself from the rain and miserable weather outside. So far, I have spent the day watching tv, reading a bit and enjoying the warm house. So whilst I have no London adventures to talk about this week, I have had a very lovely weekend in the house that is for once calm, quiet and relaxing.

This is how the day look....

...As a result, I looked a bit like this

Hope you all enjoy the weekend (and stay dry)



Muah,


Roo xx

Swan Lake

I spent yet another day in Covent Garden this Saturday.  But there was a reason behind this: after months of waiting (with tickets in my drawers), the night of the Swan Lake performance at the Royal Opera House finally arrived!

I bought the tickets for my mum as a birthday present, so we decided to make an evening out of it. I made the mistake of googling ‘restaurants in Covent Garden’ – which gave me a gazillion results. I eventually picked out a French restaurant, two minutes away from the Opera house: Palm Court Brasserie. We had the three-course pre-theatre menu and the food was really good! I was so impressed!

After dinner, we made the trek to the Opera house (for a whole two mins). I had no idea what to wear for the evening and after doing some more google-research (I find it’s a good and cheap teacher), I was told that people wore everything from jeans and a t-shirt to ball gowns. I however, refused to wear jeans and a t-shirt when the opportunity to dress up was presented to me, so I went with a blue cocktail dress and so black heels (along with my winter coat - for the first time this season). The performance itself was amazing. I had never been to ballet before and wasn't quite sure what I would make of it, but I thought it was so beautiful, with amazing music and dancing! 

Safe to say, I had a great evening (as did my mum!) and I would definitely like to make another trip down there some time, as the performance created a great first impression!

Off to the O2 now, to celebrate Chloe’s (belated) birthday!

Muah,

Roo xx

Autumn's here!

My weekend started off great this week but then had a few ups and downs along the way. Here's the update.

On Friday I met up with Edita for a little catch up. Both me and her had a long, tough week at work so some  chatter over some food and drink seemed like the ideal way to end the working week. I  met up with her at Green Park, close to her work place and we headed to the Shepherd Market. I had never heard of it before and would never have guessed that such a place even existed right by Green Park! It was basically a little square of shops, cafes and restaurants. Unfortunately, neither of us got to see much since it was pouring with rain. After quickly walking around the place, we settled on a little Indian restaurant; Mayfair Tandoori and when I write 'little' I mean that with no exaggeration - the place was absolutely tiny with only five or so tables. In spite of my intention to order something 'healthy(ish)' that didn't quite plan out. I chickened out and played it safe with Chicken Korma. The meal ended up being quite yummy.

After our big dinner, we decided to walk off the food and went in search of a bar. In the end we ended up in (surprise surprise) Soho. We settled on Med Kitchen - a place that primarily served food, but had a few cocktails and a bar. I had my first ever Margarita (which was interesting) and Edita settled on a beer. Overall I had a very nice evening - a perfect way to unwind and start the weekend.

I slept in on Saturday morning  (at least I considered it a sleep in) which messed up  my day a little. I had intended to have a productive Saturday in Starbucks, sorting some stuff out on my computer but that didn't quite work out since I ended up feeling really ill all day long and spent most of it watching tv. Because of this, I tried to make the most of my Sunday.

I woke up to the most beautiful weather ever! When I left the house, the sun was shining and the air was crisp. As some of you may already know; I am a summer girl! I love the sunshine and hot weather but being back in London, I have certainly developed a new appreciation for this beautiful autumn season that we are having. The city looks gorgeous and the sunshine makes me happy: win-win. I figured there was no better way to enjoy the Sunday than spend it shopping in Oxford Street.

Unfortunately, my shopping trip didn't develop into quite the spree, I had hoped. Lately, I have been having trouble finding things that I like in shops - things either don't fit right or look just plain 'blah'. I ended buying some presents for some of my friends' upcoming birthdays and ended buying only a top for myself. But this was the first time in a long time that I actually just walked around shops and looked at clothes without rushing about which was so nice.

Some shops have already started preparing for Christmas, selling prezzies and Christmassy wrapping paper which I don't really like. I am one of those people who don't appreciate all that early-Christmas fussing. I love Christmas but I feel like all the early commercial stuff means that it doesn't feel like Christmas once it approaches, thus ruining the Christmas spirit before it's even started. Anyway, one of the places that hasn't yet prepared for Christmas was Selfridges. I love to have a look at their window displays and thankfully it wasn't yet ready for Christmas. Instead, they had some weird polka-dot theme going on which I didn't quite understand. But at least it was attention grabbing - there were quite a few confused-looking expressions, looking in.

Anyway, I ended up cutting my shopping trip short since I started to feel not so great again. I just hope whatever it is that's been making me feel crappy, goes away soon. So, here's hoping that everyone has a great week!


Muah,


Roo xx

The Home Improvement Show

I know most weekends go by super-fast but I felt like this weekend zoomed by, without me even realising (I was convinced all Sunday that it was in fact Saturday).

I spent Saturday being a bit of a gym bunny – I went to the gym and followed it up with some swimming which gave me so much energy – I was buzzing and happy all day long. This was just as well considering I had a lovely visit from my cousin Aurelija and her two young boys (Erik – my 3 year old godson and 13 month old Roy). I spent most of the day making the most of the lack of rain by playing football with the boys in garden and having a pretty laid back day.

Me and Erik last Christmas

My mum has been wanting to go to a home show for forever so when we got a special offer for the Home Improvement show in Kensington Olympia, we decided to give the place a try. The journey there was very long since 80% of the district line was shut. Nevertheless, we got there in the end. The show was pretty cool: there was so much pretty furniture and cool suggestions (in the addition to the more high-calibre, technological stuff like fingerprint lock doors). I think that the home show which takes place the week before in Earl’s Court would have been more fun and interesting but it was really nice to just see something different and get some inspiration for the home (it made me want to move out even more!).

Anyway, if anyone is in a particularly generous mood (and with Christmas only a few months away) – feel free to get me some of the following ;)

I wasn't the only one who loved this
kitchen: couldn't even get a proper picture :/ 

Have a good week everyone,

Muah,

Roo xx