Sunny Selfridges.... and the elusive tea towel!

My daughter and I have been enjoying some wonderful Thursday afternoons whilst she has been on her GP rotation as she has these afternoons off and I don't work Thursdays. We have spent a few of them up in London as it is easy for her to get up from Essex and the journey only takes me about 40 minutes.This is coming to an end next week as she swaps onto the A/E (accident and emergency) rotation so time off will be no more than 1 weekend in 4 and she will be working shifts again...all pretty normal for a junior doctor.

Last Thursday I decided I would meet her at Selfridges in Oxford Street. When I posted my wonderful wet afternoon post everyone enjoyed seeing London with me so I thought I would take you all along with me again via my new camera and show you some more sights of my favourite city.

The reason for heading for Selfridges was that I was on a mission to find a Cath Kidston Royal Wedding tea towel, yes seriously and I will explain why later!

For those of you who know the West End, Selfridges is such a great store. It is my 2nd favourite to John Lewis but it is my favourite building in Oxford Street.  It opened in 1909 and the outside is stunning. The entrance has the superb "Queen of time" clock as shown in these photos.

Here she is in close up.The actual entrance is again fantastic with the original revolving doors and some very cool lights.

When I was a little girl I always got worried that I would get stuck in the doors, I used to hang around my Mum's skirt just to make sure I got in OK!
Also when I was little I would go to see Father Christmas here, such great memories..and of course the shop window displays are works of art!








Once inside I had to be careful taking any more photos so I just took one going down the escalator to show you how very modern this building is inside. It had a complete overhaul recently and is now really one of the brightest and best places to shop in London.

Just to the left at the bottom of the escalator is the large Cath Kidston section and yes I found the elusive tea towel. Now there is a reason behind this.... well actually there are 2. Firstly I do not need much of an excuse to buy something CK and when I spotted the tea towels in a magazine I thought it was a fun way to remember the upcoming Royal Wedding. I also like the fact is is useful and not just another trinket to find room for indoors. The second reason is that we are going to a party on the evening of the Royal Wedding. My daughter's future Father in Law has a "big " birthday on that very day...so he has a Bank holiday of his own. His family are having a surprise party for him and I wanted to buy something fun as a present. How perfect is this...he is a great cook and the tea towel even has his birthday date on it. I think it will make him smile.

As we came out into the sunshine I took a few more photos of Oxford Street, there are huge rail link improvements going on at the moment to get things up to scratch in time for the Olympics.

This is the view looking down past Bond Street....

And this is looking back up towards Selfridges (Marble Arch). We loved seeing all the trees in blossom.    

                                 Of course we did a little more bridal browsing, had time for afternoon tea and then met my Hb from work and had an Italian meal together in Farringdon. A lovely day.

So would you like to see my booty from my trip......

............what's this?....

oooops , how on earth did all those extras get there...here is the tea towel..

One for me and one for N but I also could not resist these London fabric cushions....












I think this fabric is such fun. It has also been discontinued so will not be available for much longer. No time like the present to make up one's mind is there?

There are also a couple of other CK bits I bought but I can't reveal them as someone I know might read this-LOL.

So here is one of my new cushions in place on the sofa

Honestly it just shouted...."Buy me" and then who could resist....;0)

We have "sprung forward this morning and the warm sunshine is back....here is Billy enjoying it and sending a warm purr to you all

Bye for now,

Jane x