thanksgiving in the UK

the holiday doesn't exist here but i managed to stuff my face with a whole proper thanksgiving meal on saturday night. greg's friend, another american x-pat, wanted to cook a big meal for friends so a bunch of us gathered together and ate and ate and ate. it was a mixture of 3 americans, 2 brits, a canadian, a brazilian, a dutch guy, and a pakastani. quite the cultural gathering. the night even ended with the 2 brits (martin and greg's girlfriend, tessa) in a heated debate. all in all, it was a lovely dinner party.

after gorging ourselves, we headed off to lucy's birthday party. how fun to check out a real londoners house party. there was a lovely mix of people there as well. from lucy's old childhood buddies, to cousins, to clubbing and work friends there were plenty of interesting folks to chat with. there were even rotating dj's and bartenders. they do it right here. martin and i didn't stay that long as we were full of food babies and needed to crash sooner than later. but it was good to be there.

i was also spoiled last week as i spent one day shopping at my new favorite store here, top shop. mmmm, so good. bought a few lovely little items for cheap. and then went with lucy on her actual birthday to a turkish bath houses where we lounged around all day being served tea and cakes and got cheap massages. such a treat! and yesterday, martin and i did a tad bit of shopping around spitalfields market. tons of fun stuff to look at and drool over and cool inspirational ideas. made me want to get my craft on. still haven't figured out what i'll make for xmas prezzies this year but got a couple ideas rattling around in my head.