Saturday - Day Out with friends

Agenda:

Shopping

Participants:

Alicia ("Ali")

Joselyn ("Jos")

and... of coz yours truly

Wait, before you say anything, I have to clarify that today we are shopping for needs, not wants!! hahaha yes I realise my jacket is not enough to keep me warm and I need a longer woollen jacket so... Joselyn suggested going to the very very new Westfield London shopping mall. Just opened on 30 Oct! I thought we were gonna be trampled upon there but oh well, tired of the usual Oxford Street, we bravely decided on Westfield.

http://uk.westfield.com/london/

It prides itself upon being the largest shopping mall in Europe *gasps*

Surprisingly, the crowd was quite okay. For us, it is very much like Vivo City back home. And I mean very much. (Got food court somemore!) For us, we liked the fact it's a shopping mall, meaning we can hide from the cold outside and just spend one whole day indoors. Shops are the usual Topshop, H&M (never sick of H&M), Uniqlo, Marks & Spencer (how to leave out M&S?), etc etc. And there is Pull & Bear too (I love their store at Vivo) and guess what the girl told me? It's their first outlet in London. woohoo~ meaning they came to Singapore first haha.. felt very proud for 3 secs.

We need a mall guide!/ Having Vietnamese beef pho for lunch (we queued up for 1h.. v time wasting, opportunity cost v high)

all 3 of us actually bought this kids woollen cardi haha

tired Ali & Jos.. seriously those bags weigh a ton, esp when you are talking about long woollen jackets

So. agenda for the day was to shop for jackets (Ali and me); we walked the whole day (aching bodies at the end of the day plus carrying all the shopping bags)... and we bought the same trench coat (me black, and her grey) from Jane Norman, umm and others... very fruitful day indeed.

ok, last stop already! Inside Fred Perry store buying shoes.

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