Date Day

For Sunday I would be on my own all day, for all of my friends were off either in Paris or traveling to other parts of the UK. I started my day by heading toward Leicester Square. I wanted to go to the TKTS booth to see if there might be a Sunday show that I could attend later. Unfortunately the shows that were posted for Sunday weren't ones that I really wanted to see, so instead I found a nearby cafe to have some breakfast at and come up with a game plan. I had a toasted bagel with smoked salmon and cream cheese along with some tea. I enjoyed my breakfast and made a plan for my day. Plus I paid with some coins so that I could lighten my load...there are so many coins here and they accumulate so fast. 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, 1 pound, 2 pounds...it's hard to think that coins aren't useless like in the US. I always just want to pay with paper money and not worry about change. Plus it takes time to find what you need with 8 different coins.

Back to my day though...I then went to the National Gallery to finish the parts that I didn't get to the other week. I kind of went through it fast because my favorites were in the 20th century section. The previous centuries are boring to me. Sorry about it haha...I can appreciate it but I don't want to stare at it for hours. I ended up in the shop downstairs and found some cool books, one of which was a book on vintage/secondhand shops in London. I'm definitely going to put that to some good use this weekend. After buying several books, I had to make a quite trip home to drop off my purchases.

I felt like being adventurous and walking to one of the shops in that book because it was supposed to be close to where I live. I kind of underestimated the distance, not that I mind walking but by the time I would have gotten there the market would have been closed. So, instead I wandered and stumbled upon a festival. It was the Whitecross Street Party: Rise of the Non Conformists. There was music, food, crafts, and street art going on. I took many pictures of the unique activities and purchased some worry doll earrings for 3 pounds.

I love them.

From there my options were sort of limited due to the shortened hours on Sunday so I went to the Sherlock Holmes Museum. I had to stand in line for awhile but it was worth it. My favorite part were the letters that kids write to Sherlock. Some were just cute, others were hilarious. One was just honest saying that they were just doing this for an extra credit assignment and they knew he was dead and she felt so stupid and kept apologizing to Sherlock ahahaha. And of course I bought a pipe. That's the most important part. ;)

Afterwards I caved and had a dessert waffle with strawberries and whip cream from a cart by the tube. It was soooo delicious. Once again Batman was sold out so once I had my waffle I went home. I chatted with Sabi on skype and from there decided to go to Byron's by my place at Hoxton Square and get a take away. I had a cheddar burger and a chocolate shake. Best decision! It was fabulous.

That concludes my date day with myself =) I think I treated myself well...I'd go out with me again.