Case of the Mondays?

I clearly haven't figured out my alarm clock on my phone as it failed to go off today and instead of waking up at 9:45, I woke up at 1:30 pm. I currently feel like I feel after spending a few days in New York, totally beat. Today consisted of wondering around looking at shops. I took the tube to Baker Street, walked down to Selfridges and eventually found my way to an H&M. Kat called and we decided to meet up. This of course took a while as we found out there were 4 H&Ms between Selfridges and Oxford Circus. Eventually, we went to Topshop.

So, I really didn't want to like Topshop, but I kind of love it. We were like kids in a candy shop, running around tugging at sweaters trying to figure out how they were made. Our knitting teacher once told us that exploring in a shop can sort of seem like looking at pieces in a Museum once you are able to comprehend the design effort behind each piece. However, the best part about looking around in store is that you can touch everything. If you really like it, you can try it on and buy it too. One of our favorites was this one:



Not something I would ever wear, but it was just so cool so see a technique we had learned actually in use. Anyways, we were in Topshop for a good while. When we got out, it was dark!

Kat and I have been talking about how great the knits are in this city. Even just looking around in the tube, you are bound to find somebody wearing something technically interesting. It's really fascinating to try and figure out how something's made, but sometimes you have to think about what others think you are doing. I found myself totally obsessed with this little boy's sweater, but I thought it would be way too creepy for me to stare at him the whole tube ride so I switched cars.

Also, continuing with the them of weird London products, I bring you this package of Toilet Paper:



Yeah, I bought it a few days ago because the options were Puppies or Pink Puppies. Strange