Sunday, 9 October:

Today we went down to Oxford St. to check out the largest Marks and Spencer in the world. We are looking around to find good deals on sheets and pillows, etc. M & S appears to be one of the better deals, though I think Ikea has them beat. Marks and Spencer is sort of like a Mervyn's with a great grocery section. Though that is not quite right either, as they do sell business suits and the like. Think big box store done UK style. Not as sexy or as fashionable as some of the other stores we have been in, but we are also likely to be able to afford to crack open the wallet in a M & S. Great prices on dishes and utility home stuff, too.

We finally broke down and had to have good old fashioned American fast food. We went to Pizza Hut and devoured a Pan Meat Lovers. OK, so it wasn’t quite the exquisite feast that last nights Indian food was, but it went a long way towards staving off homesickness. Afterwards, we went to Dixons and picked up an alarm clock radio, as I will need to be up early tomorrow for my interview. Stopped by the local Starbucks to get some blogging in, but the hotspot doesn’t work here, so I am typing this in word and will upload it later.

Both Suzanne and I appear to be at the end of our colds, thankfully (Of course every time I think that, we relapse). Neither of us has had to take any medicine today to stay functioning. Strangely, today is the first day we have really had an appetite. Since we have arrived, neither of us has had any desire to eat more than one meal a day.

Obviously I found a working hotspot, because here is the blog for the day. We walked down Oxford a bit more and ended up in Selfridges. If Harrods is tourist and old world chic, and Harvey Nichols is upper class with style, then Selfridges is definitely the sexy world of runway fashion. This is the first place I have seen Galliano's clothing for sale (a suit for only 1435 quid, I'll take two!) The music was very hip, the displays were incredible, and everything was designed to the hilt. This is no ordinary department store, this is a museum of what is hot now and for those with money, you can buy into that hotness.