Apparently, I have lost a day somewhere! Yesterday was day Twelve but I thought it was Eleven, hence the title of my previous post. Hmmm. I think I need a break!!
Anyway, today we decided (after a long lie-in) that we really had to visit Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park or we'd run out of time to do so before Christmas. I'm so glad we went because Claire took her camera and shot some great pics. She hasn't had time to upload all of them, but here is our favourite... She's good at this game, you know. I can't wait for her to get some clients and get some shoots under her belt.
Actually, I can't decide whether I prefer it in colour or b&w. We had a great time. Of course, once more, we had hardly any money to spend. Which is actually probably a GOOD thing - there was so much food and sweets and mulled wine and warm cider, I think we'd have been fit to burst by the end of it. And there were so many pretty things for sale. Sigh.
The atmosphere this year was brilliant, and we particularly enjoyed the German "oompapa" music lol. Claire wanted to hear the stall holders speak German, so at one point I chatted to one of them, and bought something from his stall. He said he had the instructions in German somewhere, at which point I had to say um no I'm actually English, which was quite funny. He was very complimentary about my German. I know I have a good accent, but if you speak to me for any length of time you're sure to pick up on my awful grammar and realise I'm a fake!
After a long while, when it had got really dark (at something like 4pm...), we made our way back towards Piccadilly Circus and stopped off at Fortnum's. I love that place, especially at Christmas, all decked out in prettiness.
And we got a hot drink each, to warm up again (although I was lovely and toasty in one of your coats, Joanie - thank you a MILLION!!)
Hmm, you can tell I was just shooting with the iPhone and Claire with her digi SLR, can't you? Although you have to hand it to Apple, the phone does a pretty good job in low light really.
So now I'm off to my bed. Back to work tomorrow - we moved offices on Friday, such a palaver I couldn't be bothered to blog about it, but I think tomorrow is going to be hard because the two women I share with were dead set against the move. It'll be interesting shall we say!
Nite nite xx


