Tuesday 20 January 2009

Shopping, Chocolate & Socks

Thorntons Chocolate GateauIt's been a fab Tuesday. Last night Nicky travelled up from Southampton and we spent the evening (and early hours of the morning) having a good old natter. She brought all her wonderful silver jewellery with her for me to have a look at and to ooh-and-aah over. Such prettiness!

Today we went to Oxford and we had lunch in a nice cafe in the
Covered Market. This is Nicky posing with her chic new hairdo and enjoying her panini.

NickyThen after a couple of hours mooching around the shops we went to the Thorntons Café where Nicky had the slice of rather naughty-looking chocolate gateau at the top of this post and I had a piece of chocolate caramel shortbread. And a hot chocolate. With whipped cream. And they gave us each a chocolate truffle too. Cocoa overload! Nicky snapped this shot of me licking melted chocolate off my fingers.


Me
One thing I did buy today was a book about knitting socks. I've mentioned before that I have a bit of a sock obsession (hmmm, that's an understatement) and I decided the other week that I want to have a go at making my own. The book I bought has loads of interesting sock patterns including one for a freakish-looking pair that kind of turns your feet into cloven hooves so - get this - you can wear them with flip-flops. That is a heinous fashion crime! Needless to say I won't be knitting those ones but I will keep you posted with my sock-making progress.

9 comments:

  1. Warning - sock-making is addictive! I'd be interested in the cloven-toe pattern - my son came back from Japan with lots of these socks to wear with his.....cloven shoes! Looks like JaJa Binks - freaky! Can you give me the book title?
    C.

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  2. Ha! I know the shoes you mean, Caroline. The book is 'Fab Feet & Cosy Toes' by Anna Tillman.

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  3. Cheers m'dear - will look out for it.

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  4. What do you mean I'm posing ???

    I always eat my food in a dreamy, deep in thought manner! And check out my funky fork print top.

    Do you realise this post makes it sound like all we did in Oxford was eat lol.

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  5. Ha! Well, eating with a touch of shopping thrown in, at least?!

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  6. If you don't mind telling, what was the name of the sock book?

    Kellie

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  7. Hi Kellie - The book is 'Fab Feet & Cosy Toes' by Anna Tillman.

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  8. Sounds like you had a great day! That pudding thingy at the top looks to gorgeus!

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  9. Thanks Laura! Kellie

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