I Love London

I know so many people say this, but I love London. Everything about it, from the size of it and knowing that there's always something to do, to the tourist attractions that never get boring and the hidden gems that the locals know about. I'm lucky enough to live in South London so Central London is only a short train journey away, and I'm so thankful that I get to live in such an amazing city.

I visited Central London yesterday for my birthday and went on a surprise trip to the London Dungeons and also, on a very different spectrum, the Shrek experience. I highly recommend both of these, although the faint-hearted may want to reconsider the dungeons! 

Whilst walking along the Southbank I took a few photos, even though the weather was very cold, wet and grey (like every time I seem to visit Central London!) I thought I'd share some in a blog post because there's way too many for Instagram!

                             Along Southbank 

 

                        A grey day in London

                                  Southbank

                            

 

                           Near the OXO Tower

  

                                 London Eye

 

                          The lights inside the O2

I can't wait until it's warm and sunny in London so I can get much better pictures, I feel like the grey doesn't do it justice! 

Thanks for reading,

Daniella x

Shopping in Brighton

So today I went to Brighton so that me & my family plus our family friends could go shopping. Tbh I really needed to buy clothes as I didn't get any for Christmas because I'm so fussy that whatever my Mum brought me I'd be likely to take back!

On the drive there we listened to Four by One Direction- I love that album :)

When we got to Brighton we headed straight for the shops- we didn't really have a chance to goto the beach & take photos so I had to take one out the window of the car.

    

    The Old Pier

We looked around a few shops but there was nothing there which I really liked so after an hour or two we headed into the lanes & went to Donatello for lunch. Donatello is an Italian restaurant which my Mum has been to twice before & loved it- so she recommended that we go there again!

The food was delicious- I couldn't actually finish the pizza as the portion was so big, but I didn't want to waste any so I brought it home to eat later. I had the four cheese pizza and it was so good!

The restaurant is on three levels and the atmosphere in there is so nice- I would definitely go there again!

After lunch we hit the shops ago, this time to New Look & then Primark. I really wanted some new black leggings as most of my pairs have holes in and I only have one nice pair. Leggings are basically the only thing which I wear so they're pretty essential! However New Look didn't seem to have any so I came away with none :(

I'd planned to save up my money so wasn't expecting to buy anything in Primark, but there was a sale on and I saw a really nice top that was only £2! And I've been wanting short tops like this for ages so I was very happy!

I also picked up two more tops like this which were £5 and £6- which is still so cheap :) 

I was in need of some basic black strappy tops so I also brought 2 of those. All together all these things were so cheap- I LOVE Primark!!

It was about 4pm by this time & unfortunately we had to leave :( 

I managed to take some more pictures out of the car window again though-

   Brighton Pavilion

Brighton promenade (I especially love     this picture!) 

It was a good day shopping, I absolutely love Brighton and want to live there one day. I'd definitely recommend going- it has something for everyone!

Anyway that's it for this post, hope you enjoyed,

See you soon! :)