What sort of mindset was I experiencing to battle the first weekend of London summer sales yesterday?  In all honesty, shopping on a Saturday in the West End is hell on earth and I try to avoid it all costs.  Still, I felt like a Saturday challenge and I knew that this was the one weekend that I'd have free to swan around the shops before the sales end so off I went, along with about a gazillion people who seemed to be shopping like it would be their last time in their life.  Heaving numerous bags, sweaty disgruntled men, bruised legs (that would be the sharp corners of cardboard bags jabbing into calves...) and general kerching-kerching going on everywhere. 

I've been quite lucky with work locations thus far in terms of Chances for Lunchtime Shopping Sessions.  I had the lovely Lamb's Conduit Street seconds away and it only took a wee bus ride to get to Topshop Oxford Circus and I must grudgingly admit that that has served me well on the occasional emergency outfit situations.  Now however, in my new location, whilst I'm not stranded on a desert island, it's not exactly a bustling hub-hub either.  Though, I am in foodie heaven being right next to Whitecross Street that smells of yummy chorizo sandwiches, Thai curry and all artisinal baked

I spoke of one 'Blink and you'll miss' incident earlier.  Here's another that I NEARLY missed but caught at the last moment.  Was it me who was living under a shell and was I the only one who completely missed out on the fact that United Bamboo did a wee collection for Uniqlo?  The fact that I'm usually fairly clued up on the Uniqlo designer collaboration thing means I'm sort of doubly ticked off.  Upon searching in Google, all that seems to come up are a plethora of Japanese sites talking up the collaboration.