++ the restaurant i'd decided on for saturday night (boulevard brasserie in covent garden) was lovely, and in the end a lot of people turned up. nice surprises were susanna (whom i was very happy to see again!) and my ex ryan whom i hadn't seen in so long. other guests included: sophie, paul, harriet, laurie, sameen, liz, kirsty, minee and some of paul's friends.
++ we then went to a weird psy trance night - we thought it would be in a rather big club called mass (it is in a church...) but instead they decided to organise it in a tiny little room, no chill out area... so as minee put it we made our own subculture and ended up sitting on the wooden animals in the children's playground next to the church a lot. sameen was there with us which was truly bizarre. the whole night was insane, worthy of a birthday party though.
++ i saw two exhibitions with my dad which were lovely: che guevara at the v&a (i never realised just how popular that photo of him is) and rebels&martyrs at the national gallery.
++ i also saw kirsty, paul and minee one last time before leaving, and we watched the anchor man. truly weird film.
++ HSBC won't give me the loan i wanted, and i felt like i was foocked for a while, but hopefully i'll find something else. i am NOT giving up on oxford. no way.
++ i didn't really want to come home; dragged my sorry ass and stupid broken suitcase to waterloo and felt like crying. once i got here i was kind of happy though. it's nice to come 'homehome'. :)
+ my aunt is here and we're spending a lot of time together, which also makes it easier for my mum... it's been nice and in no way as stressful as i thought it would do.
++ yesterday i went on a small shopping spree with my aunt, and we ended up staying out for six hours. new things in my life: bourjois makeup (bronzing powder with its cute little brush), golden handless gloves (what the hell are they called again?) from trazita, pens&pad from muji, the latest copy of wad magazine, a long glass bead necklace from antoine et lili, and the cutest gray woollen dress from maje (their website is not working - it's a quite famous designer shop that sells uber cute clothes - the dress is something very english empire style and very 70s, and just the sort of thing i love right now). t'was all worth it even though i was completely knackered.
++ this afternoon i went to the palais de tokyo with my aunt, which was ah-ok (it's always a bit weird seeing such a beautiful big building which has been destroyed inside to make space for half-interesting modern art). the museum shop was wicked though, and i ended up buying a copy of lula mag, which is only at its second issue and has uber gorgeous photographs of pretty dresses from unknown designers and interesting interviews.
++ and just to continue with the whole shopping list thing... this morning i got this perfume stick which is SO yummy. so i smell like sweet jasmine. gotta love it. i also bought body moisturiser from la roche-posay, which is my saviour brand for mixed oily/dry super sensitive skin. and finally, i might fall to the craze and buy... leggings. eurgh. after i bitched about them the whole time i was in london, i actually quite like them...