SUNDAY SUMMARY 2.5

I've spent the last two weekends going back and forth between my favourite (and most trusted) laundry service in all of London where I get my trousers nipped in at the waist. A truly delightful experience, I am happy to make the trek because it means I also get to wander around an area I associate with both going home and studying. I've been able to take the walk I used to when I was at LCF, aimlessly drifting down Oxford Street and feeling the hum of the city that's still there, all at a safe distance of course.

Note to self: buy a pumpkin. 

Today has been a day of doing things. Just now I prized a block of ice free, with a knife I was intermittently dipping in boiling water, from the back of our fridge where it had accumulated. I've also been to the gym, done spot of painting (for home decorating purposes) cleaned my room, completed an online therapy module and made not one, but two chicken pies. I am unstoppable. 

1. The mess created from some pancakes I made earlier in the week. Very good. A success. A triumph. 

2. Jules moved her Apple HomePod back into the living room and I don’t think Siri likes me. I actually have her switched off on my Apple products because she annoys me. Maybe it’s a mutual dislike.

3. PADELLA. I'll always be thankful they decided to open a location in Shoreditch. Em and I went for dinner there on Thursday night and had burrata and sourdough to start, she had Tagliarini with dry chilli, garlic and pangrattato for her main and I had the Pappardelle with 8 hours Dexter beef shin ragu. Incredible. We shared a chocolate and salted caramel tart. Plz I love Padella so much. 

4. Mannnn these Zara boots. I’m gonna make a proper post about them but they were not for me. I’ve packed them up to be returned tomorrow so fingers crossed they go to a more loving home. 

5. Me sitting alone in the window of a Pret reading my book like I’m the main character from a rom-com set in London during winter. A guy in a supercar was supposed to drive past and fall in love with me. He didn't.

6. Just a few touch-ups in one of the bedrooms after a girl moved out this week. Looking so much better!! 

Closed Chrome tabs from the week: 

How to soft boil an egg (I still fucked it up). What is the spotlight effect? Post Traumatic Growth. London weather. Nike Air Jordan 1. Emotional responsibility. Boots' website. A cropped check overshirt on Zara's website. The paradox of choice | Barry Schwartz TedTalk.

I'm actually really into the whole overshirt vibe at the moment. Maybe I'll get around to purchasing one (only to return it) but they're making me feel really cosy. 

A quote for the week? Here's something I saw on Pinterest: 'Not all storms come to disrupt your life, some come to clear your path'. 

Hope everyone is safe, well, healthy and wearing their masks!

Goodbye! 

Lauren xo 

Also another poem from the tube I saw at the weekend which I wanted to share: