work friends and weekend fun

This past weekend was so lovely! I got to spend lots of time with friends from work and friends from North Carolina. I am so lucky to have good friends here in this city! It took me a while to get a good base of friends here - especially girlfriends. When I first moved here I was so busy trying to settle into my job and my masters program me that I rarely had time to meet new friends. Now that's a priority! 

Friday night I went out with my work friends! We had so much fun together! I work with a young group of people from all over the world. My co-teacher is from South Africa, two of the therapists at my school are Australian and one is Irish. Then we have several other teachers and teaching assistants who are from the UK. They are all so lovely and such a fun group of people! We are all 30 and under which is great.

Albert Bridge in Battersea

Fish bowling

Steph, Ciara, and Kirsten before we went out in Clapham

I was super lazy during the day on Saturday…literally sat on the couch and just rested and relaxed all day! We had plans to meet up with two couples from North Carolina - my new friend Alexandra and her hubby James and my friend Allison from UNCW and her husband Warren. Alexandra and her husband just moved her a couple months ago and we never knew each other in Charlotte but have lots of mutual friends! She reached out to me a couple weeks ago and I'm happy to have a new friend that reminds me of home! Allison and her husband moved here the same time as me. They LOVE London and had only planned on staying here for a year but they've just renewed their visas to stay for a while longer. After we went to dinner at The Duke of Cambridge pub in Angel, we went to meet another couple I'm friends with here - Ali and Paul. The big group of us met for drinks and had a  blast just dancing and being silly! 

Adam and Paul looking cute

Me, Ali and Emily

On Sunday, Andrea and I went to Bond Street to do some Christmas shopping and to see more Christmas lights. I swear I'm obsessed this year with the lights! It just makes me so happy! :) We had a great time…got some Ben's cookies and yummy lattes at Costa. I bought a Christmas sweater - this is a huge thing here in London - and Adam got a matching one!

Christmas lights at Selfridges on Bond Street

Adam in his Christmas 'jumper' :)