Wedding Anniversary!

How wonderful and unexpected that we'd spend our first wedding anniversary in London! Both of us had no idea one year ago that that would have been the case :)

Well we figured that since we were in London, and some people pay to come here just for their anniversary, that we'd spend the day just wandering around the city! As it was the Christmas period, there were several Christmas markets around to explore. So after church we head down to Pimlico area to look for the Elizabeth Street market, which was only being held that particular Sunday.












The atmosphere was lovely - decorations, cold weather, carollers, and the tingling happy feeling of being in love and celebrating a most special occasion ;) Even though it wasn't a sunny day and it was drizzling a little, it was sunny in my heart and cosy to cuddle under an umbrella-ella-ella :)












We wandered into Waitrose as we'd heard about it but not actually been to one outlet. And there was quite a crowd mingling about. Why? There were at least 7 tasting stations with all sorts of good food! Champagne, wine, cheese, sausages, minced pie, chocolates, sushi, bacon, christmas pudding.. Sounds good huh? I have not seen such extravagant tasting stations before. So we wandered along with the crowd and tried the goodies :) That was a nice thaw-ing stop cos it was cold out.

We wandered through Belgravia, past many embassies, and up to the Knightsbridge area, and ended up at Harrods :) We've only ever been to the ground floor, so thought we'd wander about a bit more. In particular I wanted to go see the pet shop! The place is really more for window shopping if you know what I mean ;) But we did get something there! Jon found the complete first season of the A-Team! Now who of you actually know what that is? I don't recall having watched it before, but maybe if I watch an episode I might find it familiar, but it's a show that was shown loonnggg ago (I would add more 'g's except that I've since discovered that Shan knows what it is, so it can't be an era thing...darn! Though on the bright side, Ben wasn't familiar with it either! Hah!).

We were working up an appetite for the grand finale of the night - dinner at Gaucho! It's an Argentinean steakhouse that apparently has the best steak in London!












We were gonna splurge that night on a really good dinner! And the food did not disappoint! On top of that, we were really pampered the whole night. They had made a note that it was our anniversary, and had passed the message around such that once they knew we had arrived, all the waiters and waitresses we met greeted and congratulated us :) We were escorted to the bar where they generously served us some complimentary champagne! And to top it all off, they had prepared a bouquet of flowers for me =) I thought it was interesting that they did that, because when I made the reservation I had mentioned that I wanted to surprise my husband. And then they surprise me instead! Which is clever since men are usually themselves happy when the lady is pampered :) (maybe it's cos they then don't have to pamper the ladies themselves? ;) )










The flowers were beautiful! Romantic with a modern twist. Deep red roses accompanied by dried leaves spray-painted black with sparkles, and a twig spray-painted white. It was all put in a black vase and wrapped with black paper. Very Anna Sui.
























The restaurant itself is definitely not a place for vegetarians. Besides the fact that it is a steak place, the restaurant is almost entirely decorated with cow skin! From the walls, to the chairs, to the foot stools!












Well if you thought that was the end of our pampering, it wasn't! A friendly (and slightly drunk) American man was at the next table along with two other friends, and he started chatting with us. He asked if I was Jon's girlfriend, and Jon explained that it was actually our first wedding anniversary :) Then the man started telling us about his marriage and his kids, and encouraging us to have children of our own, how they are wonderful, etc etc. His friend chimed in as well. Then the American man decided to buy us a glass of champagne each! =)












What a day! Really had a great time :) More than all the pampering and activities, it was a lovely day spent with Jon ;)