Busy day today. Started with a hair cut, moving to a whole day of shopping, a massive dinner at TGI Fridays and then a midnight movie.

Oxford Street. Having spent an entry last week describing how horrible my last visit to Oxford Street was ? I couldn?t believe that today I found myself back at the scene of my distress. I was lured into it as I thought I was only getting my hair cut and suddenly my friend Elvira was like, I?ve gotta pick up a couple of things ? mind if we go to Oxford Street. And so, to Oxford Street we went.

It wasn?t as bad as last time. Don?t get me wrong ? it was still mad and people were still absolutely frustrating to navigate around but it did seem noticeably less busy. As a result we spent most of our day there and we were dog-tired by late afternoon.

TGI Fridays. After a long day of walking around it was good to have a chance to relax and enjoy some good old American food at TGI Fridays. It also didn?t hurt that they had one my favourite cocktails around ? Chocolate Mint Cookie though I can?t remember what it was exactly called. Its almost a meal and drink all in one with its Oreo cookies, White Creme de Cacao, Green Creme de Menthe, milk, vanilla ice cream, crushed ice and garnished with another Oreo cookie (yes I?m a sucker for the creamy sweet cocktails). Our meals were massive and I walked out ready to hit the sack.

Midnight Movie. However, I had a date with my third London Film Festival movie later on: Sky Blue (also known as Wonderful Days) at 11.15pm at the National Film Theatre along the River Thames so I couldn?t crash right then.

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