The Search for the Perfect Dress: Part I

Today was my first day in London with Lise, and it was time for the trying of the first wedding dress. We had a leisurely breakfast and then, as we were running a little behind, we hightailed it to Fulham in record time for an 11.30am appointment at Sassi Holford. I think Lisa certainly had a lot of fun... but it all turned to depression when the assistant advised us that the gowns she liked were in the price bracket of 2000 - 3000 (that's pounds, not dollars....) Luckily we do have appointments at a few other places in the next week or so, hopefully we can find one that won't break the bank! This depression could only be solved by a hot coffee and baguette at a cute French cafe called Pauls.

We then thought we'd go and check out the Kylie exhibition, however next entry available wasn't until 4.30pm and it was only 1.30pm. So we gave that a miss and headed up Tottenham Court Rd on bus 14. What's at Tottenham Court Rd I hear you ask??? Only the best stationary store in the world..... Paperchase!! We spent a bit of time there and I made a few purchases.

Then it was a pit stop back home before heading out again to meet up with Ben who had now finished work. We had another look around Selfridges and bought some dessert.... (see below!!) and then went on the must stop place for all of Lisa & Ben's visitors - Basuba. We enjoyed a lovely meal together.

We headed home via the tube - and I found out how it feels to wait 18 minutes for a tube since there was a "customer incident" as the underground staff say. The positive in this..... we can all get a single fare refund (4 pounds) cause we waited more than 15 minutes for a tube. So really not too bad a day out at all, with the transport being paid for. For those who have been in London you can imagine how everyone was reacting to such an enormous delay but let's face it we're lucky if there is a 15 minute service for trains in Brisbane!

We are home now and have just been planning our next few days around London and what we are doing.... oh and of course we ate our dessert.