A playas gotta play...

So I have completed my first week at Shillington College and what a week... I have had the best time and learnt so much already. The waking up early isn't a problem for a playa like myself & most days I've been up at 5.30am with a coffee in hand. We have focused a lot on InDesign this week which is great and I've found myself looking at a lot of things  in different ways, just on my travels to school looking at ads, billboards and packaging thinking about alignment, typography and hierarchy. Although I would like to think I'm pretty creative I think the course is definitely going to open my eyes to a lot more aspects of design.

I caught the train home last night and spend the day catching up with my family and best friend Liz where we decided to galavant to Winchester for the afternoon. I had to come home to grab my car so thought make a day of it. 

The obvious first stop in Winchester was The Hambledon; my favourite shop in the world. It's lucky I'm a playa on a budget else there could be trouble but I just love everything about the store from the layout, decoration, items they sell to even the flooring.  (Their displays are always a treat for the eye)

After perusing the shop we left to go for some lunch at "Pitfield London", one of our family friends James is the chef/ project manager there and I really wanted to check out the decor and food ofcourse. It certainly disappoint, anyone who loves interiors as much as Liz and I would strongly enjoy a visit. The cage is surrounded by quirky interior items, Scandinavian cards and homeware bits such as candles, napkins and cushions. 

We both opted for the winter vegetable and chickpea salad with a cup of earl grey. I am an absolute sucker for a good cup, table, plate combination and Pitfield is a sure contender for my new favourite place to eat/hang out.

I also accidentally may have acquired another treat for my feet, not that they need them but I had to exchange some Kostons that were too big and also wanted to poo in and see my playas at Size?

Thought I would roll with something I know I like so I welcome the grey 574 sonic treats to the full time playa collection. And to end this exquisite day of galavanting a cup of tea with Sarah and Pete. What a dreamy saturday.