So where to begin! This week was eventful in parts. Classes and Uni are now routine with classes that last over an hour and labs that are pretty easy. The weekend ended in bang then though! Mon- Wed were just the same old with a twist at the start by meeting up with Sean Proctor for cocktails at B@1 in Soho which is a fantastic little bar if you are ever in that end of town. The bar men are really friendly and there is a happy hour Mon and Tues 5-8pm and the rest of the week 5-7pm. They make up their cocktails fresh in front of you and have a great selection!! Unlike Tiger Tiger with their pre-made drinks. The only problem with this bar is the downstairs loo's which from Greece with Jamie proved to be great fun when drunk! This evening was very social as it ended nice and early and got home in a good state.
The rest of the week continued slowly but with an interval on Thursday of costume shopping at Portebello Market. This was really fun as there is really retro stuff along the street as well as a fantastic little cake shop, Hummingbird Bakery,
http://hummingbirdbakery.com/ , this place has a "cake of the day" so you can get yummy little cakes for as little as £2.95. They are a must!! Charlotte and Nastasia (girls from my class) got their paper for their costumes and I got a few little things too but the attempt at making the costumes that evening didn't go as planned as we ended up just hanging out which was great fun! Friday was supposed to lead to more costume making but we were all pretty wrecked from the week so I just vegged while my housemates got ready for their ball. They went to The Tuesday Society's Halloween ball which sounded fun.
These are two of the girls I live with. They don't have all their photos up yet so I just stole this one. Molly is on the left and Karen is on the right. They said the whole place (a house at London Bridge) was totally decorated and there was decorated food and all. I think I may have to come to one of the Christmas ones to see what all the fuss is about!
On Saturday then Sean helped me find the rest of my costume as I had no tail or ears so they were a must for completion! Into Soho we went as Google told me that was were the best fabric shops in town were. And they were right! They had the most fantastic material! Roisin you would love this place! £4 spent and I had a ton of material to get started on! At 5pm I started to make me tail. Got a pattern online and away I went! It turned out pretty well though I think. Didn't get a picture of it on it's own but I'm sure I'll have one lying around somewhere. It did look like I had killed a cat in my room but at least I was on my way! The girls came over just after 6pm to start on theirs and by the end of the massacre we looked pretty good I thought. The best part of the night though had to be throwing paint on Sean! I think I had a little to much fun :) So off to Piccadilly Circus it was!
Me as a red cat (Mozilla Firefox), Charlotte as a compass (Safari), Nas as a pokemon (Google Chrome) and Sean just out of work (a painter/painters palate/paint). This was what we were all rechristened once we stepped out the door. On the tube we met a few grim reapers but there was one woman who couldn't stop laughing at our costumes which was great. As we walked down Reagent's street to Piccadilly we realised that we were maybe a little out of place...turns out people in London don't celebrate Halloween and any person we did meet dressed up were foreigners like us. We did see a couple good outfits though. A head-to-toe tiger outfit and some gouls too. We couldn't decide were to go and after being refused into one bar for being dressed up and another because we weren't gay we decided to head back to the old reliable B@1 which was decked out with cobwebs and blood everywhere!! The bar staff were all dressed as zombies and one was spiderman! It was great fun!! Though most of the other people at the bar weren't dressed up but had fun guessing what we were! Though many went for the cat, compass, pokemon theme. Most people couldn't understand why we were dressed up. Sean was asked what Halloween was and I was asked why I wasn't scary. We need to teach these English how to loosen up!! :) Other then that we had a really fun night!! Got a picture with the bar too so I think this may be my new Preachers? Or is that Blasphamey?
So Internet browsers was a nerdy theme but sooo much fun!! Bring on Guy Fawkes night now and my Mum visiting and it'll be a nice break before Christmas. Been here 7 weeks now! It has really gone by fast but looking forward to seeing people soon! 7 weeks until I'm home for Christmas but they will fly by! Ooooh can't wait for the snow here too!!! :) yayayay! Hope this blog wasn't too boring. I really don't have that much news but going to try and meet up with Erin and Caitlin again this week as it has been way to long. Didn't get Take That tickets even with my half hour of refreshing to the stupid error messages. I'll still get to see the girls though I hope so not too bad! Got to clean red fluff from my floor now so I can watch Xfactor and Downton Abbey later! Love Sunday evening tv! ttfn!
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