DTS, Day 25; Our crazy Saturday.

Wow. Yesterday was so fun.

We went to Brighton to go shopping all day (well, more of window shopping). I hate shopping when I have to get something in particular, but when I have no plan and nothing that I need, It's fun :-) We spent all morning going to H&M, Urban Outfitters, Primark, etc. Very girly. It was really fun to just go out with no agenda and hang out :-)

THEN, in the evening, we went to meet some of the other group, and when we finally got to where they were, OH MY GOSH. It was so wonderful. I was home. It was like, these little side streets packed full of independant shops. There were Bohemian shops, and vintage shops, even a Bonsai tree shop!!! IT WAS SO AMAZING. I want to live there. It was like the little (well, not so little) sub-culture part of Brighton, and it was perfect. There was even a Cyber-dog! So crazy. I HAVE to go back there sometime when it isn't evening, and when I haven't already been shopping all day.

So then we split off into groups to go eat dinner, and ended up at McDonalds. Not particularly classy or gourmet, but it was fun.
When we went back outside, it was snowing!!
Eventually, we ended up at an Italian restaurant where we shared some desserts, and had some really bizzarre and random conversations.

It was about 8pm, and we didn't particulary want to go straight home since we barely ever actually get off base, so we decided to walk to the beach a few blocks away. It was so much fun, running across Brighton beach in the dark, in the February cold while it was snowing.

So we headed home, hoping we wouldn't get stuck in Haywords Heath, since British people don't really drive in the snow. On the train ride home we kept getting more and more excited as we passed through the different train stations, and saw that the snow was getting deeper and deeper. We did in fact make it all the way home, although we did pass a couple of car accidents on the drive back. The little back roads here are so fast and twisty - not good when it's icy.

By the time we got there, there was already about an inch of snow, and being who we are, we couldn't resist having a middle of the night snow-ball fight before everyone else got to it the next morning :-) I've never had a real snow-ball fight, because we never have enough snow! It was sooo much fun! Everytime we tried to go in it started all over again. I think it ended up lasting for about an hour and a half. I couldn't feel my fingers or my toes by the end, and my eyes were burning from getting hit in the face - it was great. We looked so funny going in all covered in snow, with make-up all over our faces and our hair soaking wet. I think everything I own is damp now.

We decided to finish the night by watching a film with tea and hot water bottles. So nice, although I repeatedly drifted off through the whole movie, because the day had been so amazingly tiring.  Going to bed in the end was so wonderful, after such a great day.

Waking up today and looking out the window at the snow covered trees and fields was wonderful. A bunch of the team is having a big snow-ball fight in about 15 minutes, but I don't think my muscles will let me join in. I am so unbelievably unfit and I think last night's craziness wore my legs out for the next week :-P


How have everyone's weekends been? Miss you all! xx