Spring has sprung

It's downright spring here.  I wanted to take advantage of the summertime weather so Kaylee and Christi accompanied me down to the Shepherds Bush Market to buy some lace my mom semi-requested.  My mom has talked about this market so I've known about it for a couple of years.  There's also some fabric stores in the states named Shepherds Bush after this market so I was expecting something somewhat nice.  Sorry to say mom I was really surprised (and not in a good way).  You might not be getting lace, I couldn't find any that was even remotely nice.  There were a couple stores with fabric but most of them had little trinkets and junky stuff you would find at a yard sale.

After being disappointed that I couldn't find mom lace I decided not to let my outing be spoiled so I said goodbye to Christi and Kaylee and did some much needed grocery shopping at Morrisons.  The weather was so nice outside that I wanted to soak in the sun.  So with my authentic Cath Kidston bag and my grocery bag in hand I walked the two tube stops back home.  I skipped out on the tube for two reasons: 1) the weather obviously 2) I've definitely gained weight here and so I thought the first step to losing that said weight is walking everywhere when possible.  It felt refreshing to walk home plus I totally looked like a local!  It's nice to know my way around enough that I can now look at things around me.  For instance, on my way home I observed everyone and their dog on walks, a group of uniformed school kids who had serious anger issues, and only 1 instead of the 5 usual policeman guarding the Russian embassy.

We had an early dinner because tonight we saw War Horse, Rachel's all-time favorite play!  Actually I went to this play with a bad attitude because I've heard Rachel talk about it before.  I knew it was long and they used puppets.  I don't know why but I pictured hand puppets.  As you can see by the picture they definitely were not hand puppets.  The horses actually moved and sounded like real horses but it was weird to see 10 (including the men inside the horse) legs instead of 4.  The play was really long and the whole storyline was kinda ridiculous but other than that it wasn't half bad.  I want to see the movie now.  Good thing it'll probably be in redbox by the time I get home.