Smythson Of Bond Street

Today started off a little bit rainy, so we headed to Harrods, where I still had money from my macaroon birthday gift card to spend.

We headed straight to the toy section, where they had Cyndi Lauper, Joan Jett and Debbie Harry Barbies.

The Twilight Barbies made us giggle.

We were impressed by the pretty sparkly chandeliers.

Tom liked the lights for the elevators.

We ended up spending our voucher on a mini Paddington Bear, who comes in a tin suitcase and some yummy chocolate.

We walked back in to town through Green Park.

I’ve never noticed the equestrian traffic lights before, which are really high up so you can push the button while on horseback.

We then went for a look around the stationery museum, which is hidden at the back of the Smythson of Bond Street.

They had old dance books, so you could note down who you danced with for each song – I really want to make one of these.

The thing I fell in love with was the purple Secretaire stationery box, which has drawers for all your unanswered mail and unpaid bills… but at £5,145, it’s something I’ll have to live without.

In the evening we went for dinner at Carluccio’s in St Pancras and I had pumpkin risotto, which was so yummy. They’d had a chocolate train there a few days earlier but it had already been eaten, so we didn’t get to see it.