Chelsea Days
Sorry for being rather absent this week - I have been working - hurrah! (again ๐).I have been helping at the hush sample sale ๐๐๐- the last day is tomorrow, so I would get down to Chelsea Old Town Hall quick fast and get yourself some wonderful pyjamas ๐, cashmere jumpers ๐, slouchy tees ๐ and a whole bunch of other bits and pieces you will wear forever ๐๐ ๐ โบ๏ธ.The sample sale was fun - but 10am on the first morning was a little terrifying. ย The parka wearing, ombre haired, hush loving ladies are a nice bunch (they were so pleased with their sample finds) but they are determined. ย Very determined. ย Not a snood lay unturned in the hunt for the last pair of cashmere wristwarmers. ย My first customer to the till was a frightened man who had been sent by his wife to buy pyjamas - he really did look scared, and fled the moment he had paid, clutching his purchases, with mutterings of 'never returning ever again'... And I do get a little displeased with the ladies who try and bargain down even further - that jumper was ยฃ85 you are paying ยฃ15. ย Please just appreciate how good a deal you are getting and don't try to haggle with me. ย However, in general the sample sale customers seemed very pleased with their finds. ย I got the Ascot dress ๐ in navy which I am very pleased with ๐.I had lunch with Grace, which was very nice indeed. ย We went to The Grocer on the King's Road ๐๐ and got much needed coffees โ๏ธ and good things to eat. ย We first considered L'Eto which look delightful - but ยฃ9.90 for a takeaway salad seems a little bit much even for Chelsea....Grace is a singer ๐ถ, and singsย wonderfully (listen to her song Vapour Trails โบ๏ธ) and told me all about the video ๐ฅ she is about to shoot for her newest single ๐ต, which is coming out early this year. ย I am very excited. ย On a side note, she is also going to come roller blading on Wandsworth Common which is magical ๐ - Grace we will, one day, go to a roller disco wearing shiny leotards...I also found the most beautiful navy parka ๐ฝ ever, in Claudie Pierlot. ย It's lovely, and I want it and it is reduced from ยฃ600 to ยฃ180. ย I have however been incredibly restrained, the consumer in me - ย 'but you really need a nice warm, smart coat, and it's such a good price' has been quietened. ย This was a massive hurdle and I did not fall. ย At least not yet. ย I have not bought the parka ๐ฝ - although almost everything (except my bank balance) is saying 'buy it, buy it'. ย I will not. ย But I am excited for all of you who do - they have it in burgundy too ๐A great thing happened yesterday - it was Tom's birthday ๐. ย And not only was it his birthday, but Chesca made him the best bath cake ๐๐ ever. ย Yes. ย A cake ๐ in the shape of the bath ๐. ย It even had rubber ducks ๐ฅ๐ฅ, and a bath mat, and the tiling for the bathroom floor was made of white chocolate โป๏ธ๐ซ. ย I think Tom was happier with the bath cake ๐๐ than he was about the chocolate biscuit cake with cherries, and he really loves chocolate biscuit cake with cherries. ย Happy Birthday Tom!!! ๐๐ ย I also gave him a lovely David Shrigley card.... David Shrigley should make all cards for all occasions ๐.I am actually writing this whilst sitting on an aeroplane, as I am in Switzerland for the weekend - so super!! ย I don't like planes, but I do like clouds very much and we have passed some wonderful clouds.Alice xxx