I can not afford my style

Continuing from my previous post after the lecture we went in search of a Swedish clothes shop in Oxford Circus, called Monki. It is on Carnaby Street off Regent Street next to Cheap Mondays, who sell the most desirable denim wear ever. I went on there website pre-venture and it is full of clothes with twists, its like a quirkier version of H&M as well as the affordable prices. There were some expensive items, but the sale section was amazing with loads of really fun trousers at £5, £8 and £12. However, i mostly enjoyed the interior and general presentation of clothes, it was so different to other stores where they cram as many clothes on to the rails as possible. I spent ages photographing the staircase from the ground floor to the first floor as the lighting and mirrors were so psychedelic, however this caused a few issue when trying to capture it on camera. They also had a awesome soundtrack, including the Crystal Fighters who i adore. 

I also have some more picture from a skate park which i will put in a following post.

To Carnaby

Staircase

First floor

Monki monsters from below

And there were mirrors on the ceiling!!

March, Left One Two Three Four

Had an economics lecture in Fulham Broadway on Wednesday. It was 5 hours long (with a 50 minute lunch break) which was exhausting, but it started at 10.00am which meant after 03.00pm we could venture out and enjoy the freezing weather. 

For lunch we went to a little cafe which is one of my all time favourites in west London called Moosh. They do the most amazing frozen yoghurts and always serve the freshest fruit. The walls and ground are covered in faux grass and there are shrubs and tree growing inside which makes it feel so fresh and healthy. There are three or four table on each floor, of which there are two, which means the food is fast and its not too loud. I ordered a goats cheese toastie with an annonymus chutney which was so good and very filling for £3.95. Bargain! My friend got the yummiest hot chocolate with so many marshmallows, with a peanut butter and jam sandwich she brought with her. Most importantly it had a strong wifi connection for the internet addicts amount us of which i am one.

I have so many photos from the meal that i think i might so the rest of my day in a separate post.

Hot Chocolate

£2.95

Toastie

£3.95

Crates of pineapples on the second floor

Fulham Area

March Music.

Let the third blog post commence!
Okay. I am really getting in to this. Just a quick post.
I wanted to let you guys all know about a musician who has been around for a while but has not got nearly enough of an audience considering how awesome he is. Josh Record just released an EP on iTunes and is playing at The Lexington, London next month. Unfortunately, i will not be attending his gig next month because it is an over 18s gig. Grrr
I strongly suggest everyone to go and check him out on YouTube and his Blog (my favourite song being - bones).
His music features quite a lot on some Youtubers videos such as Sawyer Hartman and Louis Cole.
I really want to update you guys more on what i am listening to more often and it would be great if you could share with me what your listening to as well.
I hope to attend more festivals over the summer before university so let me know if you know of any good line ups this year.

Two stars to the right & straight on til morning.

I thought an apt way to begin my posting was to let you all know where i am from and what environment surrounds me. I live in a town twenty-five minutes west of central London, and seem to spend the majority of my time there. I am currently going through the university application processes which is painfully tedious and exhausting, however i hope to enrol to Queen Mary University London, in East London, in September of this year; which means i will be in London much more than i already am.

Hat Stand

I went to a Christmas Warehouse Market in December of last year, in Shoreditch in East London which really, for me, captures the vibrance and freedom that i find prominent in East London. The Secret Emporium has opened in Factory 7 for the second time in 2012 and hope to go again at the end of this year. It had such a mellow and relaxed atmosphere and was not overcrowded at all (no christmas rush!). There was the most fantastic jazz/alternative live band (which looking back through my iPhoto Events, i do not seem to have a photograph of) who played throughout the evening. Clothes, hats, jewellery and christmas gifts were available from lots of small independant stalls and i got my face painted, which is awfully childish, but it was the best ever!
Entry was free, however the majority of the goods sold were quite expensive but of good quality.
Afterward we trawled round to Liverpool Street Station to go to our favourite street food vendor and each bought a tub of noodles and chicken to eat on the tube on the way to Winter Wonderland Christmas Fair Ground in Hyde Park, unfortunalty when we got there the queue was an hour long for entrance and i did not value the fair that much.
To follow are some pictures from the Warehouse Market.

View from the upper level

I know this is only my second post, so i am still trying to get the hang of this whole thing. Bare With!

Outside Factory 7

'Secret Emporium' text on the warehouse wall made out of cut doilies

Pushback.

So, to begin.
I think i am creating this blog for one of three purposes; firstly to improve my grammar, spelling and colloquial language. Hopefully, to start this may not be too painful for some people reading, as i know my general knowledge of how to use words properly, sucks.
Additionally, to put pressure upon myself to enjoy life a little more and stop being such a hermit. I think the fact that i will have nothing to write if i just stay at home all the time, will incentivise me to go be proactive.
And, finally, i will be able to look back on this as a record of what i have done and what i want to do, what aspirations i want to active in the future. And writing it on this blog means i can not loose it, like i would a hardback diary or sketch pad.
I think thats all that needs saying in this first post and i look forward to making this a little more of a habit.