On Saturday St Paul’s cathedral hosted a carol singing
service inside the cathedral. I have never been so convinced my mum to come
with me, to see what it’s all about and in an attempt to get her away from Christmas stress and into the Christmas spirit – my brother and dad didn’t go because of the rain
(and yes, they thought this to be a completely legitimate reason). When we reached St Paul’s however, the queue
to get in was huge! It wound around
2/3 of the cathedral! After queuing for over half an hour, the stewards
informed us that there was no chance of us getting in, so we left. I was so disappointed –the cathedral was at capacity, with everyone singing Christmas carols which would have
created the most amazing atmosphere! Anyway, I learnt my lesson and next year,
I will venture out with lots of time to kill – it will absolutely be a
not-to-miss event next Christmas!
In spite of the disappointment, we decided to make
the most of the day and toured a bit of London – taking in the Christmas
atmosphere. We walked all the way down Fleet Street (past my work) which was so
disserted, with everything closed. We even popped in to have a peek at the ice rink
in Somerset house. I know in past years, the ice rink has been sponsored by
Tiffany’s which meant a huge Christmas tree with oversized, blue Tiffany boxes.
Unfortunately, this year, they have been sponsored by someone else – leaving me disappointed: the tree was nowhere near as impressive and there were no boxes either
(it may be a bit of a given but I have a slight Tiffany’s obsession).
Following that, we headed up to Covent Garden. I hoped to
find a nice pub to grab some lunch but my mum isn’t much of a pub-person so
instead we settled on Carluccio’s for some lovely Italian comfort food. Then we headed down to Piccadilly and popped into some shops, including Aldo
where I bought some lovely brown boots! I have been searching for some boots
for ages and finally managed to find a pair! And finally, we walked all the way
down to Hyde Park, onto Green Park – where we stopped for some Starbucks and
finally called it a day, heading home. I think the timing was ideal because
when I got home, I thought my feet my crumble and die!
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| My lovely boots |
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| The wellies that I should have bought |
Anyway, that’s an update on my shenanigans for the weekend. I hope
everyone’s Christmas preparations are going well!
Muah,
Roo xx
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