Day Twenty-Three: WAY past my bedtime

Today was a lovely day, in spite of the rain. I won't go into much detail, because it is incredibly late, and I do have an essay to write tomorrow. However, here is a little snippet of some of the delightful and warm and fuzzy events of the day:

- I ate an almond croissant

- I discovered a new book store

- I waled to the book store, and got caught in the rain

- while waiting for the rain to pass, I wandered around in a beautiful flower shop, which I would say smelt like Heaven, if I didn't think that Heaven needed to have Indian food, and thus probably smell like Indian food

- I bought a book called "An Anthology of Cairo"

- I bought a wonderful present for mum <3 

- I made my way home, barely using my map!

- I got all dressed up in my new dress for Kate and Chris' Engagement Party! 

- I was so happy because I got to wear my yellow shoes and my new dress, and I got to put real shimmery make-up on

- I arrived five minutes too early at the party place, which was in a larney (spelling?) part of Kensington! I have officially been inside one of those gorgeous houses I usually gape at from a distance.

- I was served champagne by a butler. WHAT

- I met many rich people...

- The hostess asked me where my dress was from, and said that she would go and buy it! She also asked if it was "from this season", a question that has never ever in my entire life ever been a relevant question, but which was extremely flattering all the same!

- I exercised my small talk skills, and realised that high heels are highly empowering.

- I ate a delicious meal of: starter - salmon (YAS Mummaa) and green sauce and cucumbers, main - well-done beef (YAS they asked and I didn't have to politely eat rare meat! Also, this was the first read meat I've had since coming to London!), mashed potato, and lettuce, dessert - chocolate bomb thing and butterscotch ice-cream.

- I realised that butterscotch ice-cream is my favourite ice-cream.

- I had white wine and red wine and a small argument (mainly one-sided, because I was doing the talking) with an old man because I think that traditions - like red wine with red meat - should be kept, and he thought they shouldn't.

- I didn't finish either of the wines, because I don't very much like wine!

- I came home in a cab which Kate ordered for me, and the driver was South African! 

I had a glorious evening. Thank you Kate and Chris for getting married!