So cute.

Okay, first of all, and this is not the part that is "so cute", I would like to tell you that I am sitting on the couch wearing at least three layers of clothing, with a blanket around my shoulders and my breath is coming out in little cloudy puffs and my nose feels like a little pink ice cube. I know, sad huh? We just got the boiler replaced on Tuesday and we woke up to no heat and no hot water again! Needless to say, Curtis is not very happy about this. Someone is coming over in about an hour so hopefully it will be fixed (again) soon. Oh. AND I'm drinking warm milk with brown sugar in it. I've already had a few cups of tea and we don't have any hot chocolate. This is actually quite a nice alternative.

Anyhow, on Wednesday I met up with Victoria and Bec and we toured a couple of super cute little Cotswold towns. The first stop was Burford. It was such a tiny town and it was all foggy and cold, which I think really added to the quaint little atmosphere. It sort of reminded me of Leavenworth except not quite so cutesy and, uh, Bavarian.

We shopped around for a bit and wandered through the church and then we popped into a little cafe called The Copper Kettle. We were a bit skeptical at first because it was completely empty and all of the other little restaurants we had walked by were packed, but it was quite nice. Victoria even let me serve the tea! Lucky me : )

Chocolate cake, mmm.... I could go for that right now. I wish I had kept the last 8 bites that I left on the plate. It was only 11:30am and we hadn't even had lunch yet. When Victoria and Bec went straight to the back of the menu to look at the cakes I said "oh, is it time for cake?" Victoria looked at me incredulously and said "It's always time for cake!!" It was tasty : )

It's just so cute, don't you think so? I kept saying that over and over again but that's because things just kept being cute. They had cute little Christmas decorations...

...and cute little bakeries, and cute little antique shops, and cute little sweet shops...

(Victoria's fav) AND us! We were there and we're cute too, so it worked out well. After Burford, we got back in the car and made our way over to Bourton on the water. Also very cute!! I had a very successful Christmas shopping experience in one of the cute little stores and then we stopped in a cozy (and cute!) little pub for lunch. Fish and chips! Tasty. I could go for that right now too... mostly, I think I just want some warm food. Maybe I'll make some chili.

Basically, we had a really lovely day and I had a very fun time wrestling my multiple bags of gifts on and off the trains and through the rain on my way back to Virginia Water : )

I'm still not quite finished with my Christmas shopping but I'm getting really close and I'm spending tomorrow in Harrods with Laura so I'm sure I won't have a problem checking everyone else off my list! I tried to do some shopping in Richmond yesterday but there just wasn't as much shopping to be done there as I had anticipated. I DID however, buy wrapping paper, ribbon and Christmas cards for the gifts that I won't be taking home with me, so that part of the day was successful. Well, I need to go curl up like a cat on that sunny spot on the floor for a little while so I'll catch you later.