Have I been slacking or busy?

I have not posted on here for over a week. Do not get me wrong, I have been meaning to since Monday but just have not had the time or I have forgotten.

The weekend was really good, probably the best weekend I have had in a very long time. I had some friends up from the place I work in Cornwall and we did not stop laughing from the moment they arrived to the moment they left.

When they arrived on Friday I met them at Paddington Station. The evening was already planned, we were going to see Les Miserables. I was a little wary at first because I did not think it would be the sort of thing I would enjoy. I was right. I did not enjoy it at all and if anything I could not wait for it to finish. The constant singing and lack of speech drove me insane.

Saturday was spent at Camden Lock Market where I bought a 'Matt Cardle hat'. Then a trip down the canal to Little Venice was followed by a trip to Selfridges. I didn't buy anything. The day was rounded off with a meal in an Italian restaurant in Old Compton Street. Most of the laughing took place in here, the atmosphere was enough to make you smile as soon as you walked through the door. The journey home in a rickshaw was just as memorable.

Waking up surprisingly not as hungover as expected on Su

nday and we were all off to the London Dungeons. It was ok but I wouldn't go back in a hurry (and no I wasn't scared!). Next it was onto Winter Wonderland and ice skating. I had so much fun, an hour on the ice was not enough for me and I am itching to get back there, even if I did fall over twice, both in spectacular style (at least I made everyone laugh).

After doing a Torvill and Dean it was off to Hard Rock Cafe for a meal and far too many mojitos. I lost count in the end...the meal was fantastic though, I think!

Monday came far too quickly and we spent the day in Oxford Street, mainly in Primark and Selfridges (you can't get much different than that). A small pub around the corner was also our home for a few hours before it was time to say goodbye. I couldn't believe how fast the long weekend had gone and before I knew it I was back in my cold empty flat in Harrow staring reality in the face. I was doing uni work.

Please get your violins out now.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Yesterday I spent most of my time in Central London shopping. Being a student, shopping is not something that I tend to do an awful lot because I can't afford it but yesterday was an exception.

I'm going to the Student Radio Awards on Thursday at the Indig02 and with it being a suits and dresses ceremony I needed to go and buy some clothes to wear (I don't have my suit up here, it is 300 miles away in Cornwall).

The only things I had in my wardrobe were a grey waistcoat and a grey tie, so unsurprisingly this year I am wearing grey.

I decided to go to the new shopping centre near St Paul's Cathedral on Cheapside. That turned out to be a bit of a wasted journey because I only managed to get a shirt from H&M. The trousers I saw in Topman were not available in my size so I knew what I would have to do, brave Oxford Circus on a Saturday.

I decided to get off the tube at Marble Arch and walked down to Oxford Circus, going in nearly every shop on the way down where I thought I could get either the shoes or trousers I needed. However Selfridges was a bit too expensive and Primark was just too manic, I wasn't in the right frame of mind and I hate that shop.

I made it down to Oxford Circus and got my trousers from Topman and a nice pair of shoes from Next.

With the shopping all done, I didn't really want to go back to Harrow but the thought of missing Strictly and The X Factor and my hunger persuaded me to get on the tube.

The main reason I did not want to leave was because Oxford Street looked amazing. The Christmas lights were on and with it getting dark at 4:30, the atmosphere was brilliant. The smell of caramelised nuts roasting just down the road from Bond Street station added to the Christmassy feel. Debenhams, M&S, John Lewis and House of Fraser were also lit up and Selfridges had all of its windows decorated for the festive season as well as boasting a large Christmas tree at its main doors.

I came back feeling quite festive and it is only November. With all of the Christmas ads of TV now though, it is hard not to be feeling Christmassy but the Christmas songs won't be going onto my iTunes until 1 December.

This family that live just down the road from me are already in the Christmas spirit.