Love/Hate Relationship

Happy Monday! Ok I know there is a quote out there that says something like: If you are bored of London then you are bored of life. I totally get that on ONE hand, there are some AMAZING things....

Loving the LAMPS!

The food is also great in London
London has also FINALLY caught onto the whole FRO YO thing which I am SO happy about and my personal favourite is the Green Tea Fro Yo with raspberries from SNOG

Check out the funky lights inside!
Check'em out if you fancy a SNOG

Cheers to a lovely afternoon in London

There goes the 'healthy eating' for an afternoon

BUT there is also something about London that makes me VERY happy to return home to my lovely little English Village. It might be the fact that I am now getting old, but I think it is more to do with the fact that sometimes in London, especially rush hour on the Tube, it almost feels like EVERY human has transformed into a robot.  They don't show any compassion or make any connection with other humans,  they are just on a mission to get somewhere and don't care who they bash out of their way to get there.
SO I love London for SO many reasons BUT I also LOVE getting home to my friendly little village and getting back to a slower pace of life.  I really do have a love/hate relationship with it.

A little too 'poncy'

Last night my hubby and I joined his family for a combined birthday meal for his mum & sister.  I had been hearing about J.Sheekey Seafood Restaurant in London for some time so suggested we go there.  I knew ahead of time that it was an 'upscale' restaurant but in the end that is what actually let the restaurant down.


I don't mind paying top dollar for an amazing experience, but this wasn't one.  
The decor was SO SO (they were trying too hard to not appear to be trying very hard, if that makes sense????), the food was GREAT (love fish), the cliental were forgettable and the service was not what you would expect; staff were a little too cool in their attitude but they were not 'slick' enough to carry that off.  After the mains arrived we waited about 5 mins for the sides to arrive, in a place like this you wouldn't expect that and other little hiccups in the evening.


So that was our night, being with the family was wonderful & the food was great but I will not be rushing back, especially when there are sooo many other wonderful restaurants out there, many at a fraction of the cost.

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The Husband on the way in on the Train

Me in my new £16 dress! Yes it is a bargain and was from Matalan

Delicious scallops for a starter

Sorry I didn't get very many pictures of the food, sorry for that as it was THE BEST part.