The Weekend Post

Today has been a good day. A very busy one filled with christmas shopping, blow dries, strolls along the south bank and eating (a lot may I add!)

I woke up and made a decision that I was going to be productive. I have so far spent hours looking up present ideas for my family and friends online, but never once stepped into a real life shop to actually buy any, which would be useful really seeing as Christmas is creeping up pretty fast...exciting but scary!

I was determined, I had made a list and nothing was going to stop me. After a quick check in at Starbucks for an orange hot chocolate (so yummy!) I began.

After a successful few purchases my next stop was the hair salon. Now, this is something that I never normally do, but I went and had a cheeky blow dry. I genuinely love styling my own hair and playing around with it but today I just fancied it. Do you ever wake up and have an urge like that? I have to admit though, having worked in salons before I find it hard to just relax and totally enjoy the experience. For some reason I resort back to my days of being an apprentice and subconsciously look for jobs to do and almost help the other stylists....bizarre I know!

Trying a winter hat out shopping

My favourite part of the day came next though. Five of my best friends from back home who I went to school with came up to London..yay! We had planned to go to Winter Wonderland but when we arrived there was a queue about 45 minutes long to get in, is it just me or is this strange? I have never had to queue up before to get in!

Having limited time we instead decided to take a walk to see some Christmas lights and then head to the market stalls along the South Bank. It was really lovely to catch up with them all and such a nice evening with beautiful clear skies and gorgeous views across the Thames.

I'm now back at my flat watching the X Factor and feeling ridiculously full after my chocolate waffle....was so worth it though!