Rather a tiring trip to Marble Arch.
At first, I couldn't find Laura Ashley so I popped in to Evans where there was absolutely nothing but black and shiny party dresses. Noticing the dearth of items in my size, i.e 30 or 32, I was told that they only got one or two items in those sizes, strange for a shop specialising in large sizes.
Went on to Marks, but the clothes were a bit frumpy. However they did have 15" TVs with freeview and DVD reduced to £199, so I shall go back another time and fetch one as they will fit neatly into my new room.
When I finally made it to Laura Ashley it was a bit of a disappointment. They did not have the wall lamps I had seen online, but everything looked rather suburban and girly.
I walked into the Arabian Oud shop. Full of Eastern promise and kitschy scent bottles, the scents themselves were rather interesting and expensive. I suggested that they produce some very small sample bottles of say, four to six different scents for people to buy and try. The scents do linger a bit, which is an asset as far as I am concerned.
By this time it was lunch time so I turned into Duke Street to a tiny Italian placed, probably part of a chain, called Ponti's. Had a glass of chianti and some aubergine and vegetables with salad. Grabbed a taxi back, but a lot of streets were closed because of the State opening of parliament, so eventually had to come over Lambeth Bridge. I had a Bailey's in a chocolate cup before returning to the awful mess that I call home.
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