(DISCLAIMER: Very long post. I'm sorry!)
Friday PB had to work from home so I laid around and drank lots of tea until time for us to go to see Valentine's Day. We thought we'd be clever and go see it at 5PM before the big crowds... instead we were the only 2 people over the age of 16 in the theater. THAT was fun. (No.) We ended the evening at Wagamama (which, as I've already mentioned, I LOVE.) PB made a better menu decision than I did and I ended eating half of his... This is a common theme with us.
Saturday we got up early to go check out two properties in Writtle, which is this little village near Chelmsford, England. The first one was ADORABLE. It was tiny and built in 1897. There was tons of exposed brick, big plank floorboards, 3 fireplaces... buuutttt the kitchen was about the size of a half bath. Tinnnyyyyy. No full size refrigerator and one of those super small stoves. We really really loved it though, and are definitely considering it! (It'll do until babies arrive, and then we'd most definitely need more space.) We saw another property that I hated from the outside but was stunning inside. The kitchen in that house was perfect. Huge and open with an island. (Clarification- huge and open for England means something COMPLETELY different than huge and open in the US.) We did like it but the price was a little high and as I mentioned, neither of us liked the outside of the property. It's off our list at this point. I'll keep you updated as we keep house-hunting. That night we were supposed to go to Lamb's of Sheep Street in Stratford, but plans got derailed and dinner ended up being a PB&J.
Sunday was wonderful. As I mentioned in the post before I left we had reservations for Afternoon Tea at Brown's Hotel. We thought we were going to be late but made it perfectly on time.
*Me in the taxi queue at Paddington*
*PB and the tea service setup at Brown's. The pink champagne was AMAZING.*
*Me eating my first scone with strawberry jam and clotted cream. Also, please note the swarovski headband. I LOVE it. It was my v-day present. It's discontinued and PB snatched up the last in the COUNTRY! Best fiance ever.*
*Tea sandwiches... I single handedly housed about 2 plates full. Don't judge me. They were delicious!*
*Mango and Passion fruit tart with gold leaf. It was the best thing I've ever put in my mouth!*
After Brown's we walked around Bond Street and eventually made our way back home. PB made me homemade lasagna (which was surprisingly the best lasagna I've ever had!) and we cracked open a bottle of bubbly to celebrate.
On Monday we had a really exciting day! I applied for the BBC show "To Buy or Not to Buy" because I wasn't liking any houses PB and I were finding online and was hoping they could find us some hidden gems. Turns out they loved us! We'd been emailing with one of the producers and on Monday 2 producers and a camera man came to PB's flat to interview us on camera and see if they might want to help us and film us for their show. It went really well! I really think they loved us. We should be hearing back soon. Sooooo... I just might become a reality TV star! (Don't worry, I'll be more than happy to sign autographs.) I'll update you as soon as we hear back from the executive producer.
Then I went to the airport and am now home! I'm SO behind on my work for school, so between now and Saturday I'll be catching up on reading, starting some outlines and starting my massive paper. Saturday I'm flying to Austin for the weekend!
Now, if you made it this far, tell me how your weekend was!
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