The last two Sunday evenings haven’t been too good to me.. I’ve ended up feeling like I’m coming down with something both times. Last Monday I woke up feeling fine, but unfortunately this morning I have not been so lucky. Sore, swollen throat, achy feeling bones, headache and a slightly stuffy nose. I wish I had some Buckley’s, but unfortunately I forgot to pick some up when I was in Canada in June, and since I haven’t been sick, I haven’t thought to ask my Mom to send some.

We had a really good weekend. Friday night we went out for dinner at the Thai Orchid with friends, although in my opinion it was less than stellar. They brought out the the wrong dishes, forgot to cook one of our friend’s salmon dish and so had to cook it very quickly while we had the rest of the dishes sat on the table. I ordered spring rolls to start, and the sauce that came with them was very gelatinous - not my cup of tea. I ordered pad thai, which was listed on the menu as “with chicken and prawns” and requested no prawns - it arrived with prawns. And the portion size was half the size of the pad thai at Oxford Thai, for pretty much the same price. So needless to say, I will be avoiding that one and sticking to Oxford Thai. They are A+ there, we’ve eaten there many times and it’s amazing and the service is really good.

Saturday we were supposed to be getting up early to go to London, but our plans were thwarted by Tim having an upset stomach (I’m convinced that the thai was to blame.. haha).. so we didn’t end up leaving until the early afternoon. It was a really nice day, and we got to London pretty quick and parked under Hyde Park. I love driving down Park Lane and seeing the Corvette dealership :) Anyways, we headed to Selfridges, where I got some new moisturiser from Clinique, and Diorshow Blackout mascara from the Dior counter. Then we headed to the Dior boutique in “The Wonder Room”, where I tried on a bunch of bracelets before I decided on one and Tim bought it for me :) It’s a silver chain, with “Dior” in Swarovski crystals. I loooooooove it! We went to a few more shops down Oxford Street, and I bought some new flat boots :) I also tried on a jacket, because I have been looking for a nice winter jacket. I didn’t buy it though, so I ended up ordering it online last night!

Saturday evening we had tickets for The Dark Knight at the Imax, so we got on the tube to Waterloo station. We walked around for a while trying to find something to eat, but nothing seemed appealing.. so we finally ended up going to Pizza Express. I enjoyed it, because I ordered extra cheese and tomato sauce on my pizza - I always feel like the pizza over here doesn’t have enough of either of those! Then we headed back to the Imax, which is oddly in the middle of a roundabout - you have to go into a tunnel that goes underneath the road in order to get inside! TDK was really good, and I’m really glad we went and saw it at the Imax instead of seeing it in a regular theatre. Some of the city shots that were filmed with the Imax cameras really made my stomach do flipflops.

Sunday we went to a buffet lunch with a bunch of friends. I could only eat two plates, which I guess is a good thing because I need to lose some weight. They were mostly starters that I ate as well! It was nice to see everyone and have a day out, instead of spending Sunday cleaning and grocery shopping like we usually do. I talked to the girls about going to Birmingham to go shopping on a Sunday, so I am looking forward to planning that!!

We’ll be back to London next Sunday, with Tim’s Dad and his Dad’s wife to see Chelsea play.. they day before Tim’s birthday :) Then the next Saturday is Tim’s birthday shindig. October is looking to be a busy month.. so I think before I know it, it will be November. That’s one month till Canada :)