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Lee and I managed to make a start on goal #19 of my list this weekend. We found a good deal on a hotel and train ticket and headed down to London on Friday morning. Train travel was somewhat delayed due to 'adverse' conditions (laughable, really) but we got down there in good time. After hearing all of the reports of the snow in London (which brought the city to a standstill last Monday) we were expecting some snowy streets. Unfortunately there were none to be found and our hiking boots looked a bit foolish...

The British Museum was just down the road from the hotel and as neither of us had ever visited, we spent most of the afternoon just puttering around all of the exhibits.

We also hit the Marlyebone high street for some fun window-shopping and posh charity shop searching. No pictures were taken from our drinking session at a random pub or a late dinner...

Early Saturday morning my dear friend and former university housemate met up with us at the Portobello road antiques market. It was great to see him and it really felt like serendipity that he happened to be in London on business that weekend.

I dragged the boys to my favorite posh department store, Liberty, as neither had ever been. It's a beautiful store and it is fun just to look around at all of the posh goods (and all of the posh people). Both seem quite impressed with the place. Lee was happiest by his famous-person sighting - Paul Weller, who held the door open for us in the men's department. He probably was en route to the champagne and oyster bar...

I treated myself to my perfume, Petite Cherie by Annick Goutal, as I was running low and it is difficult to find in the West Midlands. I was quite happy to be seen walking around London with my purple Liberty carrier bag.

It really was lovely to get away for a few days....

Eating, walking, drinking, and eating some more = a very happy weekend.