A bit of shopping
Since I’ve hit up a lot of museums lately, it was time for a bit of shopping. Yesterday, we got off at Oxford Circus and went shopping—which turned into mostly window-shopping. This was my first adventure with Primark. It was a very huge—almost unmanageable but the items are very cheap. I have to go back when I can have more shopping stamina than I did today. We walked to Top Shop, which had a lot of cute clothes and a pretty good January sale, but alas, I was too cautious to spend any money.
I didn’t have the same problem today when I went to the Portobello market at Notting Hill. Walking to the market, we stopped by the various open-air vendors. They had boots, retro clothing, unique jewelry and other treasures to be found here. I found one stall where everything was £2. I couldn’t avoid getting a cute dress there. There was also a retro clothing store where any clothing item is £3.
Since we were in Notting Hill area, I couldn’t avoid going to the Travel Bookstore. This cute little bookstore was famous from the movie Notting Hill with Hugh Grant. I wondered how many people came in just because of the movie. I imagine that people come in not just needing the newest Lonely Planet guide to Portugal, although I feel like people go on holiday a lot more here. How could you not? With so many cheap flights out of London, it would be a shame not to take advantage of those deals.