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| All dressed up with somewhere to go. |
In the run up to Christmas, all that the Birds On A Wire did was graft. In an effort to do enough work to have a guilt-free holiday season, we got into work early, left late and quite frequently put our heads around the door during the weekend as well.
When we returned to London from Up North (just in time for NYE) we made the decision to free up as many weekends as possible. January is depressing enough without carting around a sackful of papers, and what's the point of having a wardrobe full of frivolous dresses if you never give yourself the opportunity to wear them? So today was all about
Marilyn Monroe: A British Love Affair at the National Portrait Gallery.
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| National Portrait Gallery: Room 33 |
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| Hi! |
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| A selection of Marilyn's British magazine covers. |
The exhibition is small (but perfectly formed) so we were out of the NPG with plenty of time left for a bit of a stroll around Covent Garden. The plan? Stare longingly at the Chanel window display, sniff our way around Lush and L'Occitane (where Liz kindly sprayed me in the eye with Cherry Blossom Eau de Toilette) then head for a sugar rush at the
Primrose Bakery....
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| Pink Neon = True Happiness |
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| Red velvet cupcake and flourless chocolate cake. |
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| Sweets for giants. |
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| Cybercandy goodness. |
On the way home, we couldn't resist popping into Fopp for a final bit of window shopping. Which inevitably turned into actually shopping. We did, however, feel justified in making our CD and book purchases, as the music is nearly free, and I'm definitely going to finish my Philip Roth novel before the journey to work on Monday...
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Following up Roth with a bit of Bob Dylan and the
surprisingly literary Steve Martin. |
Laura X
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