Big day out

On Wednesday I spent the day in London (wearing this outfit) and exploring places I had never been before. The first stop was The Strand (OK I have been there before) to visit friend S for lunch. We enjoyed sushi and dumplings in Itsu and I enjoyed a quick shop and drop (the cash) in the nearby Topshop. I bought a shirt and jumper that I'll share with you soon =)

My first 'new' stop of the day was to visit Primrose Hill and all the lovely surrounding shops. My main mission was to visit the Museum of Everything and Mary's Living and Giving Shop.

I found Mary's shop first on the main high street and spent a good while rummaging around the racks of colourful clothes. You really wouldn't believe this place is a charity shop, it's more like a boutique. There are wonderful designer clothes and plenty of vintage dresses too. One of my favourite items was a large pink dolls house which is kept in the shop to occupy bored children whilst their mothers shop!! I found a porcelain bowl filled with bow clasps by the till and of course treated myself to one; black satin with a large jewel in the middle =)

After Mary's I headed over to the museum and it can only be describe as wonderful! At the minute it is displaying the private collections of Sir Peter Blake, the pop artist who drew the cover for The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album (one of my favourites). The collection features impressive artefacts from the circus including old posters, props and scenery. There is a Punch & Judy room , crazy mirrors and a self made collection of fair ground rides that light up and play delightful fair ground music. Everything is colourful and fun but those clown images do have that haunting effect to them. I've never been afraid of clowns but I do appreciate how they might terrify many children with those big creepy grins. The nice thing about the Museum of Everything is that it isn't too big so there's no need to spend an entire day there hanging out. I was there for about an hour which was more than enough time. The museum closes it's doors for good on February 11th so I advise you all to go check it out if you already hadn't.

(I got told off for taking this photo)

Once I was content with my stay at the museum I headed towards Primrose Hill checking out all the cute little shops on my way. It was a pretty bleak day in all honesty so I didn't hang around too long.

Before heading home I popped into Drink, Shop & Do in Kings Cross on the recommendation of the lovely Eleanor. This tea shop is a lovely little place, filled with board games a plenty, kitsch jewellery and jars of old school sweets. I treated myself to a peppermint tea and a slice of orange & lemon cake. The cake was probably the most delicious thing ever, so moist yet airy and even though I'm not really a tea drinker I did enjoy the peppermint flavour.

Overall I had a really lovely day, especially because I discovered new places and for me that's always fun. I generally do these day trips around London on my own because I enjoy the time to think and do what I want to do!! I don't feel weird about going into a place and sitting by myself to have a drink, I use that time to do a little reading and edit the photos on my camera. I almost went to Camden because it's just down the road from Primrose hill but it was too cold for a walk. I haven't been there for ages because I enjoy the shops around Shoreditch more these days so I definitely need to visit soon.

Hopefully going to see King's Speech soon too x