Yesterday (Tuesday), my parents decided to take a day out, so we visited Bourton on the Water. It wasn't actually raining throughout the day, which was awesome as we probably wouldn't have gone out if it was. English weather totally sucks right now! We have always visited Bourton on the Water ass it is just such a cute little village with vintage shops, teashops and restaurants and when it is hot and sunny, you can always paddle your feet in the river, which is what we always used to do. Also, we probably would have taken Barney, our dog, but he is completely useless around people and it was cold and had a chance of raining, so we left him with our Grandad.
When we got there, we were kinda hungry as it had gone 12 o'clock (it takes over an hour for us to get there), so we decided to find a restaurant to eat in. We wanted to try out a different one to usual and I cannot remember the name of it, but it was a cute place with awesome service. Anyway, all the places to eat are great so it doesn't really matter which one you choose. I chose to eat the bog-standard 'chish and fips' with a hot chocolate to drink. It was yummy!! (Plus, this is probably just me being pathetic, but I find restaurant knives to be super heavy??)
I don't know if it is just me, but I'm that weird human being who takes pictures of her food and drink, so here have a picture of my hot chocolate:
We decided that we would go to a different tea room at the end of the day to have cake and tea, so after the meal we went and did some shopping!! Yayaya!!
I spotted 'The Edinburgh Woollen Mill' from across the river, so I dragged my family in there and My favourite pattern is tartan, so this is the best place to go, considering it's Scottish!! I have been wanting a tartan umbrella for ages, because I either lost or broke my other one, so I picked one up and this was £6 and later on that day it rained, so it came in handy anyway!! Then I spotted an offer on a massive selection of scarves and it was 3 for £20 and seeing as they were £10 each anyway, this seemed great. There was my Mum, Natalie and me there, Dad obvs didn't want a scarf, so we each picked one we wanted, I opted for the original tartan, Mum went for a beige one and Natalie went for a red and green block one (she couldn't decide, so I decided for her). Then Dad spotted some alcoholic fudges (It's the Polish blood onside of us, I swear!!), so yeah we had a jolly time with all the oldies buying all this tartan stuff!! Fun times :D
We then went into the shop next door and Nat and me spotted some Yankee candles, so we started to smell them, casually and Dad ended up buying some as they were on offer and Mum saw a Paddington Bear thing?? so she bought that, no idea what it was, but still.
One of my favourite shops to go in is called 'The Cedars' as they always have something in there that I want to buy. I saw these tins on the stairway wall and they were the vintage kind, with a picture and a caption to go with it. I couldn't decide between them all, but I eventually narrowed it down to 2, so bought them both. The blue and orange one says: 'How can I control my life when I can't control my hair' and I thought that suited me well. The second one is a quote my Marilyn Monroe and is a picture of her and says: 'If you're gonna be two-faced, at least make one of them pretty'!! My mum bought a summer scarf as well. This shop was super crowded so it's best to just save yourself!! Joking, all the shops are tiny and crowded, so it's good to just be patient and wait, even if people are being rude.
There is this cool train/toy shop next door to this which was even more crowded and even smaller and I just walked in, pretending I was interested in trains and stuff, and walked out.
Next to this shop was a different shop which has clothes (for old people) and bags and accessories and I found a furry headband in black and then saw a whit one, so bought that and I think that was £5. It was cute and I know I was stocking up for winter here, but the weather isn't looking too promising, let's be real. I also spotted a dogs blanket for Barney. I don't know why, but I always feel the need to buy him a souvenir like he knows where we've been?? Anyone else, or just me...again?? Natalie literally ran (??) to a bag that she saw and it was a white satchel and it took her foreverrrrr to decide if she wanted it or not, but she bought that anyway! Here is a picture of Barney making excellent use of his new blanket:
We looked around more shops and then went into another doll/random shop and I spotted some dream catchers. I already own two which I got from a cruise we went on a while back, and I couldn't decide which ones to get so I got the two cutest ones and they were only £2.75 each!! Cute!!
Me and Nat decided it was time to get some cake, so we went to a tearoom and I opted for a slice of carrot cake and pot of tea, yummmyyyy!! This is when it started to rain and my newly purchased umbrella came in very useful. We then looked around the last few shops before making our way back to the car and heading home.
I was reading my book in the car and it's 'You're the One that I want' by Giovanna Fletcher and it is incredible. I would totally recommend this book,
I would also recommend that if you live in the U.K and live near Bourton-On-The-Water, that you go and visit the village because it is adorable and it can be great fun in the Summer, but is cute on any day. It was a lovely day out and I really enjoyed it, considering it was my one day off after the busy bank holiday weekend we had at work!! I t just sucks that Zoe wasn't there with us, but maybe next time.
Thanks for reading!! :D
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