portobello market

did anyone watch that movie bedknobs and broomsticks when you were little? because every time someone mentions portobello market, i immediately think of that song they sing. then it gets stuck in my head and i start to resent the place. i also always associate the song with my aunt karen's awesome bed- it's a thousand feet off the floor and the frame is beautiful brass and it kind of looks like a giant loaf of bread in the sense that it's puffy? i don't think i can really do it justice. but it's a sweet bed. and since that song is from a movie that has bed in the title, i think of that particular bed. so strange.

ANYWAY i dragged my butt out of bed early (-ish) on saturday morning to go to the market. since it's only a tube stop away, i decided to forgo the waiting and just take the shoe leather express. it was a really nice day outside and it's not like i'm going to the gym or anything so i can use the exercise. making my way around the market was INFINITELY easier by myself. keiran, christine, and i tried to go a few weeks ago but it gets so crowded and people walk so slowly we gave up pretty early. but as a solo shopper i could weave in and out of the slow walkers and tourists and i had a much easier time navigating the stalls. lots of pretty antiques. lots of pretty silverware and fur coats and purses. lots of purties in general. also, they cost lots of money. but browsing is equally as fun (especially when i consider the logistical nightmare of trying to take pewter teapots back on the plane). i eventually found a craft shop and picked up some yarn (it's getting chilly here which puts me in the mood to knit some stuff. . . i think this shall be the season i learn to do socks. i need more socks.) and i found the necklace i've had my eye on (clock necklaces are super popular here) for £5! as opposed to £10! holla! I walked the entire length of the market and things defintely get cheaper as you go on. there's also more street performers and yard sale-esque cheap stalls and generally better people watching and less people (if that makes sense. . . ) there's also a ton of good (smelling at least) food that i definitely want to go back for (the line were waaayyy too long.)

three hours later, i walked home from the market, and went for cupcakes with my roomies at hummingbird bakery. that damn song was still stuck in my head.

(also: this is just a sidenote, but my roommates are both video chatting right now and giggling like crazy and it's really adorable. i love rooming with these ladies in our tiny cruise ship room.)