Shopping

Congratulations, Sweden! (Not that I'm celebrating our national day, but anyway.)

Well, Christina is here, and we're having a great time. Been a little bit cultural (British Museum* and the National Portrait Gallery), eaten a lot of good food (and tonight Tim is making a great roast chicken dinner, so looking forward to that), but mostly looked in shops. And shopped... After having done a great deal last week (3 pairs of shoes for £30) I felt that I shouldn't probably buy anything more for a while. But what can a girl do, when she is dragged in to the stores by her company??? I felt slightly guilty after buying one skirt, two dresses and two facial creams (I'm such a sucker for that kind of stuff - but I was running out of my normal Lanôome creme, and have wanted to try Boot's No 7 for some time**. Whether it'll make me look younger or not, remains to be seen), but then Christina bought loads more, and thus made me feel better about myself. Thank you very much! (And I have an upcoming translation job, so knowing there are money coming in also helps.)



* I had been looking forward to the new Medieval room, which the BM had been preparing for some time, and which was launched a few weeks ago. Unfortunately, I cannot say I was very impressed. One room - that was all! I'm now putting my hopes to the V&A, which are currently redoing their Medieval exhibition.

** No, it was not because I had (yet?) bought the enormous hype around the 'Protect and Perfect serum', but rather because I needed something quite cheap. I was lucky, though, because they had 3 for 2 on everything, and a free gift if you spent more than £28 (which was very easy indeed). Surprise, surprise - the free gift included a sample of the aforesaid serum. Reviews might just follow (although I highly doubt that the tiny sample will be enough for a month - which is the time they claim it'll take for you to see any results - yeah, right!)