Locked Out & Other Stories

I had so much fun Saturday & today that I just had to write a little something...!

SATURDAY

Sean and I went, rather spontaneously, to the 4 p.m. showing of Avatar. I'm glad we went. The 3D was cool and the cinematography was incredible... buuut the cheesy dialogue and re-hashed Pocahontas plot line were definitely underwhelming. Oh, well. After dinner, we grabbed some Chinese and headed to Piccadilly, where we mostly hung out at the O Bar and Madame JoJo's, our usual haunts in that part of town.

Got home at 4 a.m., as it took us an hour and a half to get back to Ealing on the night bus. Walked up to my front door and realized that I didn't have my house key. Somehow scaled the 10-foot-tall fence to the backyard, hoping to get in through the side door. Side door was locked. Examined the possibility of climbing up to my 3rd story window... decided against it. Realized phone was nearly out of batteries. Called Sean & begged to sleep on his floor (of course he said yes and even let me borrow some PJ's).

SUNDAY

We tried to sneak out of Sean's house before his host mom came back (one of the main rules of homestays is absolutely NO overnight guests). But of course, her car pulled up just as we were walking out the front door. Luckily for me, she was really understanding, though poor Sean was definitely teased later. Sean is a bit addicted to Subway, especially since they give out coupons on every street corner, so we went there and grabbed some lunch.

After returning home, still in my going out clothes and smeared makeup, I took a much-needed shower. There are a few vintage stores near Brick Lane I've been dying to check out, so I hopped on the circle line & went to Liverpool St. I went to Blondie and Absolute Vintage. Both stores were really cool but overpriced. Still, I spent about an hour in Absolute Vintage and was unable to leave the store without buying a certain purse. The whole time I was there, I kept picking this purse up and putting it back down... I even hid it under a pile of other purses to deter myself, then had to dig through them all to get it. I wish I had a picture because it. is. gorgeous. Real leather & boxy with gold buckles... kinda 70's, like my style. It was wayyyy out of my price range but it's so perfect that I'll have it forever.

Cheers!
Rebecca