Socks n Shoes

This weekend was a weekend of real indulgence - one of fine shoes, fine dining and, of course, fine socks. Saturday morning was spent in Northampton, visiting the Crockett and Jones factory shop where I bought a fabulour pair of black patent leather shoes (see above). Northampton was once famous for its shoe-industry, with the rise of China and India it's now more famous for the sofa shop "Sofa King" - whose advertising tagline is "Sofa King Good" - genius! The afternoon was spent in Bicester village - never to be visited again - and the evening split between dinner at Automat on Dover Street (worth visiting) and a club for my friend B's b-day.

Sunday was spent in the Medcalf pub (Exeter Market) for my girlfriend's b-day, which was a real joy. After the Medcalf we went in search for a black velvet - but ended up with a bottle of champagne and a few pints of Guinness as the barman didn't know how to make Black Velvet and our varied attempts seemed to fail!