Successful Shopping Weekend!

Hey friends!

So, if you don’t know, Brighton is a shopper’s paradise, with more stores than you could ever count.  You can find anything you need here, and the only problem would be deciding which stores to look in.  Seriously, Brighton is known throughout England for its’ shopping amenities, and this weekend was a great chance to experience that.

Of course, as a fan of shopping myself, I have spent many weekends wandering the streets and shops of Brighton, but I had such a fun weekend in town that I thought I might as well blog about it.  On Saturday, I ventured to Churchill Square Mall, a very nice mall in Brighton which is always packed with shoppers!   There were so many sales this weekend, it was great!

Today (Sunday), I attended church at St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church in Elm Grove, which is a section of Brighton not too far from the center of town.  I have been to that church a total of 3 times now, and it is so beautiful inside and the Mass is really nice as well.  After church I then decided to do some shopping in the North Laine, which is more of an eclectic, Bohemian-type area of Brighton, so it is definitely unique and a good place to shop if you get sick of the high street stores (or if you just prefer really interesting unique things!).  There are so many cafes and places to eat in there, as well as second-hand bookshops, vintage clothing stores, and independent boutiques selling everything from shoes to accessories to clothes.  There is a used CD shop which always plays great music, there are often street musicians, and there are so many places for having a snack, including a great fudge shop which handmakes fudge in front of you, and a nice French cafe called Chez Dimitrina, which has great coffee!  No traffic is really allowed through the North Laine, so you can completely wander around or eat at one of the many outdoor cafes. 

Anyways, although it started out as a beautiful sunny and somewhat warm day, during my shopping adventure it started pouring rain, the really damp and cold kind.  So, I took a break in Costa coffee, which is a chain here just as Starbucks is in America.  I highly recommend it.  The good news though, even though it has been rainy a lot lately, the weather isn’t too cold, and there are even some yellow and purple flowers that have been in bloom for a couple weeks now!  I tried to take pictures the other day but there were too many bees, so you will just have to imagine the sight of spring in February (definitely more appealing to me than the snow that keeps pounding the east coast at home).

Alright, not much more to say except that it is Week 8 now (so scary how fast the time is going!).  I hope that everyone enjoyed their weekends, and I am off to make some exciting pasta for dinner.  Talk to you soon!!

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