Sometimes you like to take risks and fly off or jump on a train and go anywhere on a spontaneous whim. I had the opportunity of spending last weekend in Birmingham with my sister and our close friend. Luckily I had the time off work so I jumped on the train early morning and was at hotel before 1pm. Got myself some nibbles to eat, even had my portable DVD player to hand and a couple DVD’s and room service on the side. Kept myself enetertained for the rest of the afternoon/evening until my sister arrived. It was lovely and definitely what I needed. A well deserved time out.
Time out from work, family, outside social activities etc. You need spare time to gather your thoughts and get back to the basics. I had the pleasure of bringing the best genre of films with me which you can see is Comedy but adding in a few Rom-coms in there too. My selection of my Friday films:
To be honest, it turned out to be a good day. Weather was dull and gloomy but it was nice peering at the window screen and holding the sheer excitement of not being among the cold and drizzle. Plus I also realised how tired I was from going bed too late the night before and exhausted from the cold which I’ve been trying to shake off and still not succeeding. But oh well. That’s just life.
By the time my sister arrived in the evening, that’s when the fun really started. We didn’t have the energy to hit the pubs and clubs, but we did spend the evening watching TV and jumping around like lunatics to our favourite Grime artists such as JME and Giggs. Oh lord, I sound like a rough ryder. lol, but I suppose I needed to jump around to take my mind off the ill feeling. After all the jumping around, we were stuffed from food, exhausted and fell asleep to Freeview TV.
Saturday was even better. We got up early and had a great breakfast, got ourselves sorted so we could spend time with our friend Vanya who was making her way on the train. Once she arrived we scoped around the shops and checked out the new Harvey Nichols store. I’ve been wanting to see the revamped store since last year Summer when it finally opened to the public, but never had the opportunity to make my way up there. It was gorgeous, geometric shape flooring, polite and helpful staff. Everything was laid out beautifully, staff was very approachable. Harvey Nichols definitely lived up to caption in front of The Mailbox store “Life Made Beautiful”. Everything you could ask for in a retail store.
The whole point of going there was to check out the store and see what I’ve been hearing about for the past several months. I have to say I wasn’t going to buy anything, but I couldn’t help myself. With my sister and Vanya around me, there was hint of encouragement to treat myself to an APM Monaco sterling silver ring.
APM Monaco
It was gorgeous, beautifully shaped and glistening, I couldn’t resist. With the pleasure of my discount, my sister and our friend Vanya even managed to treat themselves too. It was great afternoon. An afternoon of taking pics, shopping and exploring.
We walked around the town, visited the Bullring shopping centre and did some more shopping, had a coffee and dessert at Café Rouge and a lovely afternoon meal at Bills. Enjoyed well made grilled seabass with potato coated underneath. Sounds delicish, doesn’t it. For the rest of the evening we didn’t fancy doing the usual, going to a bar or a club, so we decided to visit the Grosvenor Casino. This was definitely the highlight of my weekend. We dabbled in the slot machines and the roulette tables, that was eye opener for me.
All in all great weekend, I managed to explore so much and enjoy myself again at the same time. Little short trips like these is very useful. A time to chill, kick back, see and explore something new.
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