Abbey and I went to the Portabello Road Market today. I've been hoping to start a collection of old dime novels and penny dreadfuls, and on Saturdays, the market is famed for its antiques. We found a first edition of Through the Looking Glass (too expensive for either of us) and an interesting collection of Grimms' Fairy Tales (including "The Jew in the Bush", apparently -- we were both amused by this). Unfortunately, we didn't find anything fitting what I was looking for...
Instead, we ended up at Poundland (the more amusingly named British Dollar Store equivalent) where we both bought foam swords for £1. This turned out to be the BEST purchase of my whole trip. We spent the afternoon enacting epic battles and bopping each other with our swords. Abbey got a video of me attacking a lamppost, which depending on how embarrassing it is, I may post at some point.
Honestly, I was exhausted from the day out, but Cate and Holly came over in the evening for a Doctor Who marathon. They helped me try some of the Turkish delight, but most of the flavors were pretty gross. The only one I really like (although I still have a couple left to try) is pistacchio, believe it or not. Ah, well... We got through two Doctor Who episodes and called it a night. To bed!
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