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SURPRISING MY MAM WITH A TRIP TO PARIS | WEEKEND VLOG IN LONDON  Hey guys!  I hope you are all doing well. Welcome back to my channel and to a vlog with my Mam as she came to stay with my in London ahead of her birthday. I hope you enjoy!  Big love, Luke x  THINGS IN THIS VIDEO:  - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button west end:  - Homesense: https://www.homesense.com/home - Brasserie Zedel: https://www.brasseriezedel.com/ - Columbia Road Flower Market: https://columbiaroad.info/ - Broadway Market: https://broadwaymarket.co.uk/ - Freida McFadden The Locked Door: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Locked-Door-Sunday-Bestselling-Housemaid/dp/1464221359 - Lisa Jewel Watching You: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Watching-You-Brilliant-psychological-author-ebook/dp/B076VWBYGZ  FOLLOW ME HERE: - INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/lukecatleugh/?hl=en - TIKTOK: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeJ7MXvS/  CONTACT: hello@lukecatleugh.com  SUBSCRIBE HERE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6OD7SUTeSzIidjpVFCOSQg  I USE MUSIC FROM EPIDEMIC SOUND WHICH IS A SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE I PAY FOR, ALL RIGHTS REMAIN WITH THE ARTIST: https://www.epidemicsound.com/  I use affiliate links, items marked with * are affiliated, which means I get a commission per sale of an item which does not charge you purchaser any more.

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00:00Well, hello everyone. How are we all? Welcome back to my channel. We're back in English turf. We're back home

00:06I'm actually really excited to vlog today. I think I've taken about a week off

00:09Obviously the uploads have still been regular for you, but I haven't even had a minute to see my mum so yet

00:16You just come running in

00:18Hello

00:21We got the memo. Oh my god, this is so, I haven't literally just that second hit record

00:25I haven't even been like my mum's coming for good. I'm here. She's here. I'm here guys

00:31I

00:34Had about five or six days off of filming in fact, I think it's been longer

00:38So I feel a little bit like I miss vlogging. I said to my mom's I'm gonna vlog today because we've got a really nice weekend

00:44So as you've just saw my mom's in town and it's a 60th birthday

00:49next

00:51You alright? Is that much of a shock? Were you not expecting that? No. You can't run away from it.

01:01But if you take off the Sir John Count and Corbridge, I'm not really 60. You're like 50 really.

01:06Pretend you're 50.

01:08Yeah, my mom's. Oh, sorry.

01:10That's not me. That's not her.

01:14It's the washing machine. Oh, come on. Might just have to give it a minute. Yes, mom's here for the weekend

01:20She got here yesterday. We had a lovely cheese fondue. I'll leave a photo on screen. It was absolutely delicious.

01:25Actually, let me quickly show you if I can. I mean, this is a bit grim. It's not the bin, but yeah

01:31It comes all like pre-grated in a bag and then you just like melt it. Oh my god.

01:35Mom is like her favorite meal is a cheese fondue. So that's all we had last night.

01:39So I didn't vlog that but I thought we'd film today because we've got dinner booked in town at 5 o'clock

01:46at a place called Brasseries Adele, which I love and then after that we're going to the theatre.

01:52So mom didn't know we were going to the theatre so I surprised her.

01:54So you're going to go see The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and I've heard it's amazing.

01:59It was on the What's On Stage Awards and it won a couple of awards. So I think it's going to be good.

02:05I don't know how they're going to make it into a musical, but we'll see.

02:08Different. Yeah, we do different. Oh, I love that you're trailing in mud.

02:14Thank you mother, that's fine. God, you know, long gone are the days when I used to get told off as a kid for trailing in the mud.

02:21Hang on a minute, hang on a minute. What? Oh no, I was never that bad.

02:25I was never, no, you've got to admit I was one of the cleanest kids. I used to keep my room ship-share.

02:31Everything had a place. Exactly. And that's exactly why I'm still the same now.

02:36Anyway, we've got loads of time actually. Yeah, we've got tons of time.

02:40We haven't got to be in town till 5. So we're going to head to the retail part.

02:44Mum needs some new sunglasses and I need to get a log basket for the logs in the living room.

02:49We haven't really got a spare one. I don't know how, because we're going to have loads of baskets.

02:53But obviously when we move from the house, when we move from the flat to the house, like everything just got filled up.

02:59So, yeah, we need a little basket for the logs and that's it really.

03:05But you haven't got a home centre near you, have you? Do you have one? No, it's the Metro Centre, isn't it?

03:10That's your nearest one. No, no, there is one. Is it a bit naff? Yeah.

03:18So, yeah, mum likes to have a look. So we'll have a look in Primark with you guys.

03:23Oh my gosh, in 95 now, because I've brought seven books. Oh my gosh, yeah.

03:28Mum's reading again. So mum had, can I say you've had cataract surgery?

03:32Yeah, well you told them last time. It's a six-year-old woman, of course I have cataracts.

03:36Mum had cataract surgery in both her eyes and now she can see everything, which is amazing.

03:41So mum's been reading loads now. So she brought all of the books that she's read to London.

03:45So we've got tons. But I can't, I need to show you, this is ridiculous. I can't even put books in my own home.

03:50Zara's got a system and I can't mess with the system apparently.

03:54And it's all now categorised by author, which is just both brilliant and also absolutely ludicrous.

04:00So let me show you the piles. So there's like obviously different ones.

04:06These are all of the books that mum's gave us and I have only put one away because I know that they go here.

04:11So these are all of the Frieda McFadden books. So that was the one that mum brought.

04:15This is the boyfriend actually. Maybe when we're back, I'm going to finish this.

04:18I've literally got about, I'd say about 30 pages left. It is brilliant. I'm loving it.

04:23I feel like we've got so much to catch up on. We've got some new homeware bits I want to show you.

04:26I've been getting my skin treatment, which has been amazing.

04:29This is why my skin's actually looking the best it's looked in about eight months.

04:34I genuinely could cry with happiness. I've only had three sessions of light therapy and it's madness.

04:39It's absolutely madness. So yeah, I'm very happy about that. Other than that, nothing else to report.

04:44We've took Maggie for a walk this morning. She is absolutely pooped.

04:48Last time we took her to Greenwich and it was so nice. It was very foggy.

04:51It's still quite foggy out there, but she is wiped.

04:53So we can go and have a little look around the retail park and she's just going to sit and snooze, aren't you?

04:57And if you're wondering where Zara is, she's actually gone home this weekend.

05:01She's gone to Devon because she hasn't seen her family obviously since Christmas.

05:05So yeah, she's not going to be with us this weekend, which is a bit of a shame,

05:10but obviously it's part of the thing when you move away, when you live in London,

05:15you kind of got to see them when you can. So hence why she's gone home.

05:21Although she gave you a birthday card, mum.

05:24Yeah. Yeah, it's true. Right, let's go to the warm centre.

05:28I also need to get my car washed because it is filthy. The birds have had an absolute field day on it.

05:33So that's great. Right, let's go.

05:35Can I tell you how nice the weather is today?

05:37You might not be able to tell because I'm currently in the scaffolding.

05:40I've seen people doing some kind of like restoration works in the retail park,

05:43but it's blue skies now for like nine days and the sun is out.

05:48I feel like it's the first day of spring. It's March 1st.

05:51Mum's got a new shirt on because she has cataract surgery.

05:53I don't know if I've mentioned that.

05:55I don't know if I've mentioned that.

05:57I don't know if I've mentioned that, but mum had cataract surgery.

06:03Anyway, so we're heading to Homesense, Log Basket.

06:06You watch, there won't be one.

06:08Although Homesense always have a really good selection of baskets, so fingers crossed they do.

06:12Okay, in we go. Mum, just here.

06:14I know that. Go on, say it again. I don't.

06:19Okay, so we've come into Next Home and I feel like they've got some really lovely bits in.

06:22I love this marble wall.

06:25It's £40. It's a little bit pricey, but I think it's got really nice tawns.

06:29And they've still got this cushion that me and Zara saw last time.

06:32It says No Riff Raff. I actually really like that. It's very cool.

06:35And this candle holder is lovely too.

06:37It's £26, but it's got all of the different like heights and I think that's absolutely gorgeous.

06:42I quite like that green vase.

06:44That's a very nice colour. How much are you?

06:49£20.

06:51That's actually pretty good. I like the colour of that. I think that's really nice.

06:54They've also got like lords of different tawns with the olive as well. That's really nice.

06:57I like this stripe. That's quite cool.

07:00They've also got a nice like bouffle one there with the rust. I think that's quite lovely as well.

07:04I think Next Home, sometimes you get some pieces and they're really good, but then sometimes they're quite expensive.

07:09Like £32 for that I think is a little bit steep. It looks lovely, but I haven't been to Next Home in a while though.

07:15Zara had something like this saved on her mood board for her bedroom. It's £79.99.

07:20It's like a lovely striped footstool with like manglewood feet. I really like that.

07:26I'll send her a photo to see if she wants me to grab her because we can kind of put it away until we're ready to do her room.

07:31That is lovely. They have them in like a nice taupey colour here too.

07:35They've got so many candles in the clearance section. We genuinely don't need any.

07:40But I always can't resist light smelling them.

07:43They just had a waffle candle back there, which was really nice.

07:46There's been like a viral bagel candle that apparently smells like bagels, but it's not very nice. I can't find it in here.

07:51That's really nice. I like the pattern on that. That's £10.

07:55It's not really that punchy.

07:59Nice though, like nice and subtle, but honestly we don't need any candles.

08:03Oh, Spicy Woods, £12 for a triple wick. That's a pretty good go on.

08:07Smells like really massive. I think that's the sand and fog. Yeah, they're pretty good.

08:12I think sand and fog is also stocked in Tesco.

08:15Okay, I found the bagel candle. I have to smell it. Apparently it's...

08:21No. No, no, no, no, no.

08:24It doesn't know what it wants to do. Look, it's the everything bagel.

08:28I don't like that. I don't like that.

08:31I mean the jar is pretty cool. Like you could definitely reuse the jar, but yeah, it's £12.99 as well.

08:36No. No. Not for me.

08:39Not for me being concerned Homesense didn't have enough baskets.

08:42Wow, there are so many to choose from.

08:45Okay.

08:48That one might be quite nice. I think something more...

08:51Oh, that's nice. How much is that one?

08:55£16.99. Okay. Okay.

08:58Yeah, I think something substantial definitely. If it's too wide, like the wood will...

09:01or the barcode bits will fall through, won't it?

09:04Maybe something with a bit of a pattern.

09:06Well, that one up the top is quite nice. I quite like that one. Yeah, that's nice.

09:09Baskets. Yeah, I think we've got a couple of these in the house already. It was £14.99.

09:13And they also picked up a new serving spoon as well because ours is broken.

09:17And this was in the clearance for £6.

09:20It's like a nice lovely water jug.

09:24Very happy. They've got some really lovely pieces here as well.

09:28Oh my goodness, I love that as well. That's so nice.

09:31The frame as well. £19.99. How is that so good?

09:35Good. That's a really good price.

09:37I don't know how this happened. Well, I do know how this happened.

09:39It's Homesense. It's the Homesense of Urquhart. I just saw this cushion.

09:42It's Martha Stewart. It's £19.99. It's got like a lovely scalloped edge.

09:47I think that'd look really nice in our living room.

09:49And then... Yeah, it might be. Who knows?

09:53But I really like that. So, yeah.

09:56That's coming home with us. I will find a space for it somewhere.

09:59They've got loads of clearance. Oh, this one's £21.

10:03It's bad that I really like that. I feel like that looks really cool.

10:07I don't know. I really enjoy that.

10:10I feel like that could be in Orca or something like that and be a lot more money.

10:14It was originally £74. It's down to £21. That's so good.

10:19Guys, the weather has been so nice recently. Look at that.

10:22Hello, Maggie.

10:23They've got the doors fully open. The sun beaming through.

10:28Okay, we are back from Homesense. And I always say this whenever I go up.

10:31In the minutes that you go into Homesense, prepare yourself,

10:34because you're going to leave with more than what you probably went in for.

10:36Let me show you what we got.

10:38So, obviously, Zara isn't here, so I have to run everything by her.

10:42So, this is the first thing. I think I showed this, actually.

10:45This is a Lowry. Well, it's obviously not an original Lowry.

10:48But this was reduced. It was £74.99.

10:53And then it was down to £21.99, which I think is absolutely brilliant.

10:58It's, like, a really cool, like, classic Lowry print.

11:01I really, really like it.

11:03Yeah, I think it's some kind of, like, Victorian scene.

11:06He looks like he's given him a bit of bother with his bowler hat.

11:09I think that's going to look lovely. I love the black frame as well.

11:12I think that looks so cool.

11:14And it's very, like, in keeping with our home as well.

11:17It does have a tiny little bit of damage on the bottom of the frame,

11:19but I honestly think with a bit of filler and some paint,

11:22I'll be able to solve that absolutely no problem.

11:24So, yeah, that was £21.

11:26And I did send it to Zara, and she did say she liked it.

11:29Next up, this is the Martha Stewart cushion that I saw.

11:32I love this. If this doesn't go on the sofa,

11:35it will definitely go on my bedroom, because, obviously, my bedroom's blue.

11:38And I think with the red tawns, I think that'll be really nice.

11:41I love that. £20. Literally £19.99.

11:44How good is that? And, yes, the Martha Stewart.

11:46Originally £49.99. Brilliant.

11:49And let me show you why I bought this.

11:51I'm so happy to do this.

11:53I've had this metal spoon since I moved to London,

11:56so it's eight years old.

11:58This is one of the very first things... Do you remember when we had the box?

12:00Yeah. So I was going to go to uni in...

12:03Well, the year before I moved to London,

12:05and then ended up taking a gap year.

12:07So this is one of the very first things that I got.

12:09It's lasted, but... Oh, is it going to work?

12:12Yeah.

12:14It's kind of, like, fully... Yeah, anyway, not great.

12:18So, here we are. This is... Oh, that's annoying.

12:21It's hand wash only, because it's got a wooden handle.

12:23That's fine, but it's Poir le Maison from Jeff Banks.

12:26Who knew Jeff Banks did homeware?

12:28I think it looks fancy, though. Do you?

12:30It's very nice. So that was £3.99.

12:32And then, last but not least, I got this little glass jug.

12:35I thought it could look nice up here.

12:37We do have this glug-glug jug up here, which is the fish one,

12:40but we don't tend to use that, but I think that could look really nice.

12:43Oh, look at that. It's like it was made.

12:45Can you see that?

12:47There we are. It's just there.

12:49I'm obviously going to give it a wash out,

12:51but I think that's a really nice, like, water jug

12:53for when you're having lunch or dinner

12:55and you just don't want to keep on getting back to the tap.

12:57That's fab. Not that we needed any more jugs.

12:59Mum also went into TK Maxx and picked up this shirt.

13:01It's a really lovely linen.

13:03100% linen.

13:05It's the same as the linen mix. You can tell that's linen.

13:07Yeah.

13:09It was £16.99.

13:11It's from a brand called Lucky and Corcor.

13:13I think that's really, really nice.

13:15We're going with the blue stripe, Mum.

13:17It's very French.

13:19It is very French, isn't it?

13:21Very nice.

13:23Yeah, that was Mum's purchase.

13:27Oh, yeah. Mum also got a spatula.

13:29I see this all the time.

13:31My one kitchen non-negotiable is a silicone spatula.

13:33We have two, and they're brilliant.

13:35They are, like...

13:37You wonder why I'm clumsy,

13:39I guess, from my mum.

13:41And last but not least, the baskets.

13:43This is going to be the log basket.

13:45£16.99, I think.

13:47No, sorry, £14.99.

13:49And, yeah, that's going to be the log basket.

13:51Why don't we put the logs today?

13:53Nah.

13:55Oh, no, David, we've got time.

13:57We're about to go for dinner in a bit, Mum.

13:59No, we've got hours.

14:01And then you can put them in your basket,

14:03and then they're ready.

14:05Stop being lazy. It's a lovely day.

14:07Lazy? I don't know how you dare.

14:09It's a lovely day.

14:11I want the new soda.

14:13I think the soda might actually be in the loft,

14:15although it might actually be in the shed.

14:17I'm not entirely sure.

14:19If it's in the shed, we'll do it.

14:21If it's in the loft, we want to put on loads first.

14:23I'm kind of hungry.

14:25We're going to do jacket potatoes

14:27because I've got some bolognese in the freezer.

14:29So we're going to do jacket potatoes.

14:31I don't know if there's going to be enough bolognese.

14:33Maybe one could have tuna,

14:35and one could have bolognese.

14:37I wouldn't mind tuna.

14:39But the bolognese needs eating.

14:41So I actually checked the weather yesterday,

14:43and apparently we are going to have sun

14:45for the next seven days.

14:47It's so nice.

14:51Sorry about the sound of the air fryer,

14:53but you can hear the birds.

14:55Are you enjoying it, Maggie?

14:57Oh, it's lovely, isn't it?

14:59It's so nice.

15:01It just makes such a difference.

15:03Honestly, I love it.

15:05We're making some jacket potatoes,

15:07but we're going to do a very small portion

15:09for four hours.

15:11Obviously, you've got to book early when you go to the theatre

15:13because the theatre starts at seven.

15:15So you need to get in and out and not rush.

15:17Lunch is served.

15:19That is a gigantic jacket potato.

15:21Mum's having leftover bolognese.

15:23I had some in the freezer.

15:25This is nice. It's fairly light-ish.

15:27I do have some extra bolognese on the side.

15:29I'm going to dig on in.

15:31Oh, this is the jug that we just got at HomeSense.

15:33How nice is that?

15:35Oh my goodness, amazing.

15:37It's so good and the sun is out.

15:39Oh my god, that actually exposes

15:41how much I need to get them windows streak-free.

15:43That is a...

15:45Yeah, no.

15:47Focus on the tulips and not the streaky windows.

15:49Okay, so the jacket potatoes

15:51were absolutely delicious.

15:53I'm going to have a little coffee as an afternoon pick-me-up.

15:55I want you to try one of these,

15:57even if you just have a little bite.

15:59I got these in Ras al Khaimah.

16:01They are little cakes, but they're filled with date paste.

16:03I'm going to have one of these

16:05with pistachio.

16:07Oh, you could have one of these

16:09if you prefer.

16:11They are the most addictive

16:13thing you will ever have. They are delicious

16:15with a coffee, and it's not Arabic coffee.

16:17Yeah, these are honestly...

16:19I've had a couple already. I've had two. They're so good.

16:21Mum's obsessed. I knew you would be.

16:23Aren't they so good?

16:25It is a big roll.

16:27It's a big roll in the cake, isn't it?

16:29Honestly,

16:31I have a couple of these

16:33after a meal,

16:35and it's just that little sugar

16:37hit,

16:39but it's a natural hit, rather than having

16:41a biscuit or something.

16:43They're dangerous, honestly.

16:45If you ever find yourself in the Middle East, get these Mamoul cakes

16:47and you will thank me later.

16:49I'm presuming there'll be somewhere in London

16:51you can get these.

16:53Okay, I've just finished

16:55The Locked Door by Freda McFadden. This is book number

16:57three of the year,

16:59so a really good one.

17:01A very fast page-turner.

17:03Definitely recommend this. Freda McFadden's books

17:05are so, so good. Did you know Freda McFadden's

17:07not even a...

17:09Her job isn't an author.

17:11Do you know what I mean? I think she's

17:13a lawyer.

17:15I swear.

17:17Obviously, if you've read the Housemaid

17:19books, they're brilliant.

17:21Freda...

17:23I have to fact-check that, or at least I've got

17:25it confused with someone else, but

17:27here we are. Freda McFadden is the pen

17:29name of a best-selling American author, so it's a pseudonym.

17:31Her name's not Freda McFadden,

17:33but she's actually a practising physician

17:35who specialises in brain injuries.

17:37I'm not really good at biology at all.

17:39I specialise in a lot of things.

17:41I don't know what's going on.

17:43There we are. My whole life is a lie.

17:45Love that.

17:47Add that to your read list.

17:49Okay, so we just got out of the Tube and we're walking

17:51through Dean Street now, through the streets

17:53of Soho. I'm not going to lie, I'm actually not

17:55very hungry.

17:57Well, I don't know why we...

17:59I think it's because it passed lunchtime.

18:01We had breakfast semi-late,

18:03so, yeah, I think maybe

18:05having a potato wasn't the best idea.

18:07But we don't have to get a lot. Zedell's one of those

18:09places... I don't even know if I've said that, but we're going

18:11to Brasserie Zedell. It's one of those places that you don't

18:13need to get, like, a mass. You can just

18:15get little bits. I'm kind of in the mood

18:17for a little cocktail. So is Matt.

18:19Good. That's what we like to hear.

18:21Okay, we've arrived to dinner. It is so

18:23busy. Oh my goodness. What is going on?

18:25I think the rugby must be on.

18:27Anyway, we're at Zedell. We're going to head on in.

18:35Wow. I love this restaurant

18:37so much. Okay, we're going to head on in.

18:39You wouldn't think this

18:41was under Piccadilly Circus, would you?

18:43Oh my goodness. This is such

18:45a beautiful restaurant. I absolutely

18:47love it. It's gorgeous.

18:49The waiter has just brought

18:51over some lovely, warm,

18:53freshly-baked bread and butter.

18:55And they have lots to choose from. It's a

18:57predominantly French restaurant, but yeah, they've

18:59got some starters, mains,

19:01and desserts. These are the specials. But they also

19:03have a pre-fixed menu, so if you are coming

19:05pre-theatre, that actually works out

19:07pretty good. Three courses for £20.

19:09This arrived so quickly,

19:11literally. Nor soon had the Malbec

19:13arrived, our dinner has arrived. So we've got

19:15steak with a lovely peppercorn sauce,

19:17some frites, and we ordered a side salad. This bread

19:19is absolutely

19:21heavenly, and I'm glad we've got it so we can

19:23dip. Mop-up. Yes,

19:25mop-up. As we say in the North, this

19:27is mop-up bread.

19:29Dessert has arrived.

19:31We've gone for a lemon meringue pie to share

19:33because we are very

19:35full, but I wanted something sweet.

19:37And I've just gave Mum her

19:39birthday surprise.

19:45So I printed this off, and it was in a little

19:47envelope, and it opened me on it.

19:49So I dropped my napkin on the floor purposely,

19:51and I dropped the envelope on the floor,

19:53but my Mum thought it wasn't for her.

19:55She was like,

19:57who's is that? It must have been from the previous table.

19:59It's for you. Happy birthday,

20:01we're off to Paris.

20:03Yeah.

20:05Okay, so we've made it to the theatre. I'm slightly

20:07confused because this is the Mousetrap,

20:09and this is the Ambassador Theatre, so I

20:11was like, I'm so confused. That's not

20:13where we're going. So that's one of the oldest,

20:15I think possibly the oldest

20:17running theatre show in London. It's the 73rd

20:19year, but this is where we are.

20:21So this is the Ambassador Theatre.

20:23Yeah, this is where we're going.

20:25In we go. Okay, we are

20:27heading in. We're in the stalls.

20:29So they've just said you can't

20:31leave the performance midway, so

20:33something tells me there's an interval.

20:35Okay. Oh wow, it's very

20:37intimate. Oh my goodness, we're all

20:39safe. I think this might be us.

20:41Oh my goodness, wow.

20:43Okay, we're out of the theatre.

20:45That was absolutely phenomenal.

20:47Like, I'm gonna go as far

20:49as saying, top

20:51three shows I've ever seen in

20:53my entire life.

20:55Like, yeah, fully cried. Like, I didn't

20:57expect to cry. Fully cried.

20:59I laughed. I felt like my breath

21:01stopped at one point. Like, it was

21:03phenomenal, but I loved it. I genuinely

21:05loved it. And I would say

21:07if you are considering

21:09something different,

21:11that is the show for you. Like, the cast

21:13not only played all their own instruments,

21:15there was no orchestra, there was no

21:17conductor, they literally

21:19did it all. And they swapped

21:21instruments. And they swapped, like, and different characters played

21:23different people. If you've never seen the

21:25film Benjamin Button, watch the film

21:27and then go and see the theatre show and you

21:29will be, yeah.

21:31Like, honestly.

21:33It's blown me away.

21:35Incredible. Absolutely incredible. Thoroughly enjoyed.

21:37Would thoroughly, thoroughly recommend.

21:39I'm not gonna lie,

21:41I didn't expect to cry. So there we are.

21:43Anyway, we're gonna head to the Tube

21:45and feel like, maybe I need a

21:47cup of tea in the deep room before we get in.

21:53Good morning, everyone.

21:55Happy Sunday.

21:57I feel like we didn't fully catch

21:59up from yesterday. I should have set

22:01the camera up in time.

22:03I've got a thing about surprising

22:05people for trips, clearly.

22:07So, Zara's trip to New York was a

22:09surprise for her birthday. And I wanted

22:11to do something for my mum this year because it's her

22:13special birthday. And

22:15she hasn't been to Paris in years. I think the last

22:17time she went to Paris was over 12 years ago.

22:19Maybe even longer. And

22:21if you've been watching the channel for a while, which

22:23I'm sure a lot of you haven't, but

22:25we went

22:27to Stockholm years ago.

22:29But I said we were going to Paris just to try and

22:31throw off the scent. Anyway,

22:33Paris has always been somewhere that I want to

22:35go with my mum just because I think it's the most incredible

22:37city. And my mum has a lot of memories

22:39there as well. So, yeah.

22:41Last night, in the restaurant, I slipped

22:43the booking confirmation for the

22:45train tickets and the hotel

22:47under the table.

22:49I was going to go to the toilet and

22:51give the envelope to the waiter.

22:53And then the waiter was going to bring it over to the

22:55table with the dessert menus. But we had

22:57three different waiters in that restaurant and I just felt

22:59like it was going to go wrong.

23:01And I had every fear that

23:03it was going to go well if I just did it under

23:05the table. So, yeah.

23:07That's how I did it. And, yeah,

23:09mum had no idea. But she just

23:11she's very excited. So, she's just booked

23:13her train tickets to come to London in a

23:15couple of months. I feel like it's going to be nice and

23:17warm. Well, hopefully, like, spring will be well

23:19and truly in the air.

23:21The end of April literally started May.

23:23So, it's not long at all, really.

23:25So, yeah. I'm really, really excited. I love Paris.

23:27I think it's one of the most amazing cities.

23:29And I still haven't got over

23:31last night. I feel like that show was

23:33I put it on my Instagram this morning.

23:35It was genuinely one of the best shows I've ever seen in my life.

23:37Like, if you get the chance,

23:39see it. The tickets weren't

23:41exactly cheap, but we booked them on to Diatix.

23:43And they do

23:45rush tickets as well, so you can get on

23:47the Diatix. If you do live in London, you can get to

23:49London fairly easy. Incredible.

23:51One of the best shows ever, ever,

23:53ever. I'm going to rave about that till the cows come home.

23:55Anyway, I've been to the gym this morning.

23:57It's really frosty warm out there. The car was

23:59completely frosted up. But it's another

24:01blue sky day, which is amazing.

24:03So, I think we're going to head to East London

24:05this morning. So, we're going to go to Columbia Road Flower Market,

24:07which I've been going to

24:09for years. I absolutely love it.

24:11Maybe get some spring bulbs.

24:13That would be lovely. And Mam loves it there too.

24:15We're going to take Maggie. And then we're going to head

24:17to Broadway Market

24:19in East London, because Mam's never been.

24:21And I've only been once, and it's like a really

24:23lovely street market in

24:25East London. So, that's today's

24:27plan. We're going to take Maggie, and then we've got

24:29dinner this evening at a restaurant called

24:31Kwale. It's in Borough Market.

24:33My friend, Bethany, who works at Borough Market

24:35recommended it because it's Thai.

24:37So, I'm so excited for that. And Mam loves

24:39Thai food. So, that's until 7 o'clock.

24:41So, yeah. It's going to be a really lovely day.

24:59It is such a beautiful

25:01day. Oh my goodness.

25:03I'm just like never going to get over this.

25:05Feels like the weather has

25:07just given us a little break. It was really

25:09grey and rainy for

25:11so long. And like blue sky.

25:13Oh my god. I could actually cry with genuine

25:15happy tears.

25:17It's the little things. Anyway, we've

25:19made it to Columbia Road. Coffee.

25:21I think coffee's definitely on the cards

25:23to you. Please. Mam

25:25didn't have a good night's sleep last night because Maggie

25:27sat on sleeping in the bed with her.

25:29But it's now unfollowed.

25:31Yeah, she's fine.

25:33My god.

25:35Maggie has to be like on you.

25:37And every time you move, she

25:39throws herself on you again. So, it's just like a

25:41game of who can give up first.

25:43I was at the point though when she turned

25:45and her face was like there. Yeah, like face

25:47to face on the pillow. Yeah, it's intense.

25:49Anyway, right.

25:51Obviously, Columbia Road is very busy. Oh, I need to type my

25:53shoelace. Actually, give me two seconds. Can you hold Maggie?

25:55So, yeah. It's

25:57very busy obviously because it's the first

25:59like sunny weekend we've had.

26:01I'm going to say all year but

26:03I don't think it's been that bad. But anyway, yeah. Everyone's going to

26:05be doing their gardening bit. So, yeah. I'd quite like

26:07a couple of bulbs for the garden.

26:09And maybe some moss to do some spring planting.

26:11But, oh, this is so exciting.

26:13Here we go.

26:15Oh, wow. It is very busy

26:17this morning. Me and Maggie are just patiently

26:19waiting, aren't we?

26:21Mam's just gone into Pavilion to get us

26:23a little coffee. It is so

26:25busy today. I've seen it busier but this

26:27is like, yeah, it's chocker.

26:29This is a typical day at Columbia

26:31Road.

26:45Mam's just spotted some lemon trees.

26:47Yeah. I haven't seen them.

26:49Oh, wow. They're amazing.

26:51I love, oh, this is all of

26:53the culinary. They've got some rosemary and thyme.

26:55Mmm. Smells amazing, doesn't it?

26:57This is Vintage Haven.

26:59I always look in here. I've had loads of bits

27:01from here over the years.

27:03These little drawers are gorgeous.

27:05They're £27 for the set or

27:07£50 for the two. I really, really like them.

27:09I love how battered and worn they are.

27:11They'd be great for spice drawers or even on a desk.

27:13So, I think I'm going to get some spring bulbs.

27:15I've seen some nasties. It's the two for a fiver.

27:17So, I think I'm going to grab

27:19a couple and get planting when I'm

27:21home. I'm feeling inspired.

27:23Look at the daffodils as well. They're so

27:25vibrant.

27:27Look at these. It's very hard to

27:29see them, but you can see the little flowers

27:31blooming in the ground. Just some wild flowers.

27:33Nature actually blows my mind.

27:35They've just been pollinated naturally.

27:37Isn't that great? Yeah.

27:39Maybe someone has sprinkled them

27:41then. Who knows? Maybe they did, yeah.

27:43Okay, we are leaving a very

27:45busy Columbia Road.

27:47It was chocker and obviously having Maggie

27:49as well. Didn't want to

27:51linger around too long, so

27:53we've decided to head to Broadway Market

27:55now, so it's coming up to lunchtime.

27:57We're not doing what I did yesterday and eating

27:59too little lunch, but we've got dinner

28:01at seven tonight, so we've got plenty of time

28:03to let lunch digest.

28:05Mum's never been to Broadway Market before

28:07and, like I say, I've only been once

28:09but it's really nice. It's got a good variety of

28:11just everything, really.

28:13I don't know. Maybe something

28:15like... because we're having Thai

28:17tonight, so let's avoid Asian

28:19but then I love Asian food. Maybe

28:21something... I'm trying to remember what I had last time. I think

28:23I had like a wrap. Do you know what I'm going to do?

28:25Just let your nose decide.

28:27I'm going to let my mind open, which is quite easy

28:29to do. Yeah.

28:31Good plan. I've got two

28:33bulbs as well. I should have brought a talk bag.

28:35I always forget.

28:37The Narcissus. Narcissus? Is that how you say it?

28:39Narcissus? I don't know.

28:41Narcissus. Narcissus.

28:43Narcissus. Narcissus.

28:45The woman was super lovely. She gave Maggie

28:47a beefy hula hoop.

28:49Okay, we've made it to Broadway Market

28:51which looks just as busy

28:53as Columbia Road.

28:55But yeah, I am ravenous. I don't know

28:57how, but yeah, I'm very, very

28:59excited. I don't know what I fancy, so we're going to have a look down the main

29:01bit and see what there is. But there are

29:03loads of lovely shops either side of the road

29:05as well. We've got some freshly baked bread

29:07over there, farmhouse cheeses.

29:09Nasi goreng.

29:11Nasi goreng. I actually

29:13had that last time. That was really good.

29:15We've gone for bao buns to start.

29:17Wow. Good girl, Mags.

29:19Maggie thinks she's getting some.

29:23Okay, we've gone for two bao buns.

29:25Mum went for chicken and I went for

29:27duck. They were two for eight pounds,

29:29so four pounds each. They look amazing.

29:31Look at the size of those Scotch eggs.

29:33They look absolutely incredible.

29:35Oh my goodness, wow.

29:37There is so much. We've gone down

29:39the other side now and there's just like even more to choose

29:41from. We have spotted

29:43some tacos that we like the look of.

29:45There's also chicken pitas.

29:47Oh my god. Chicken rolls.

29:49Paneer rolls.

29:51Mmm. Tikka.

29:53Tikka guys over there. I've gone

29:55for round two. I've gone for some chicken dumplings

29:57from a Lebanese store. They look so

29:59good. Oh my god, I'm so excited

30:01to try these.

30:03Battling her way through the crowd. Well,

30:05what have you got there?

30:07It's all quite normal. Oh, okay.

30:09What do you mean?

30:11It's a philly churro, no? Yeah, with

30:13Nutella. Ooh.

30:15Go on. Take a bite. Say what you think.

30:17It might be hot. Careful.

30:19I have napkins if you need them.

30:21Oh my god, that spilled all the way through.

30:25Is it hot? No.

30:27Is it good? Is it? Have a bite.

30:29Wow. Okay, we are back

30:31home and the sun is still shining.

30:33Look at that.

30:35Oh my goodness. Sorry, I feel like I should

30:37probably just title this vlog, this is a weather vlog.

30:39But all I do is talk about the

30:41weather. I'm so happy. This is the first

30:43we've had in like a long time where like

30:45it's just consistently been sunny.

30:47So I'm gonna do a bit of pruning, a bit of cutting back, a bit of

30:49tidying off. There's some leaves I need to

30:51emulsion a couple of bags.

30:53Yeah, why not? Ooh.

30:55What are you? Can you see that there? I don't know

30:57what you are, but you seem to be grown.

30:59That's exciting. That eucalyptus has absolutely

31:01gone crazy over the winter.

31:03Look how amazing that is.

31:05So many new leaves.

31:07Oh my goodness. I think I'm gonna need to get some kind of like

31:09support

31:11for that so it'll start growing up more.

31:13This is the oregano

31:15I need to check on.

31:17But again, that is absolutely loving it.

31:19What was this time? I think this might have been time. I can't remember.

31:21But yeah, I just need to do a lot of pruning.

31:23A lot of de-weeding as such.

31:25Do you know, it is

31:27so nice to be amongst the hustle

31:29and bustle of

31:31East London and then come home and

31:33sit in the garden. I love it.

31:37Right, I'm gonna go in the shed and get my gloves

31:39out and give everything a bit

31:41of a tidy up. I'm quite looking forward to it.

31:43Hopefully this is the start of the good weather

31:45and we've got lots of nice

31:47warm days coming.

31:49I'm using my gloves that I got from

31:51Christine and Simon's aunt and uncle

31:53and they are so nice.

31:55These are from Kew Gardens.

31:57I'm obsessed.

31:59They are like the softest gardening gloves ever.

32:01I almost don't want to get them dirty.

32:03Tell you what, one thing I actually do need to get

32:05definitely are some new Sackateurs

32:07because these are

32:09not great. They were really cheap from Wicks and we got them

32:11when we first moved in but

32:13I don't think they're gonna do another

32:15summer. They're fine. Apparently if you cut through tin foil

32:17it sharpens them up

32:19but they're just not really that great.

32:21Don't know. Anyway,

32:23let's start tidying and pruning.

32:27Music

32:35Ok, so I pruned back the mint but we've already got

32:37some regrowth which is

32:39fantastic. It's so nice to see.

32:41I mean, considering it's only March,

32:43I've done a really hard pruning. I've taken it

32:45fully back. This was the Moroccan

32:47mint. So, again, I've fully

32:49trimmed that back. So hopefully

32:51with some of these purple shoots

32:53we will have some more

32:55regrowth. I'm not entirely sure, it's the first time I've pretty much done this, but

32:59we'll see. So that's done. So if you remember last year, I bound this little sink at one

33:06of our neighbours' front yards that they were throwing away and I asked if I could have

33:08it. This fan has absolutely bounced back brilliantly. Look at that. It's amazing. The ivy is thriving

33:16as well. Loads of new leaves going on. I'm going to give it a little trim, but we've

33:20got lots of new growth underneath. So yeah, I'm just going to take off the little brown

33:24bits of these edges, but that is absolutely thriving.

33:31Okay, there we are. The bulbs are in the roots, are firmly in the soil. So hopefully we'll

33:47have a bit of growth in these and then we can plant them in the ground and then continue

33:52to flourish. Everything's looking a lot more tidy and clean as well. I just need to prune

33:56back these little bits here and then, yeah, we're literally, we are done. Everything's

34:04been snipped back. This rose, I think I'm actually going to put in the ground just because

34:08I feel like it needs, it needs to spread its wings. And also this bay tree as well. It's

34:14in a tiny little pot that we've just popped in that urn. I had a lot of questions about

34:18whether or not these urns from Holmesons were frost proof. And do you know what? So

34:22far, brilliant. We've had a pretty cold winter and they've survived. So that's good going.

34:26Okay. After all of that gardening, I am going to treat myself to a cinnamon bun. Not that

34:31we haven't had enough delicious foods today. I made these. This is using the M&S pre, well

34:37it's like pre-weighed mix. You add all the ingredients and you basically got to make

34:41them from scratch, but it's just so easy and they are delicious. I customised the recipe

34:46slightly. If you do get the box, they sell it on Ocado as well. Cream cheese in with

34:50the frost and they say to use melted butter or milk. I use cream cheese and it makes them.

34:57So I think that's exactly what I'm going to have right now. And I'm positively excited

35:01about it. Do you want a small one, ma'am, or a big one? No worries. And yes, I put extra

35:07cream cheese on top. Literally microwave for like 30 seconds. Heaven. Okay. We are doing

35:15a little bit of a relaxation before. Well, we were going to go out for dinner, but we've

35:19decided against it. And I think we're just going to order an Indian tikka instead, which

35:23is still fine. Watch film and just relax and have a relaxing Sunday. I've lit the fire.

35:27I just feel a bit pooped, a bit frazzled, but that's okay. So anyway, I've started this

35:31new book. Well, at least you haven't started it, but I'm about to. It's called Watching

35:35You by Alyssa Jewell. And I actually got this for mum for Christmas and you enjoyed it,

35:40didn't you? I did. So there we are. I'll be starting that. I love that Frieda McFadden

35:44The Locked Door. So good. Genuinely so good. Mum was like, where did you put that book?

35:48So I've been running around the house trying to find it. She'd already put it in her bag.

35:52I think we're both just a bit frazzled. Anyway, I'm going to sit and read this with the fire

35:56on and I think we're going to order a takeaway soon. I'm looking forward to it.

36:06I found a new Indian takeaway in our area. So I was Googling Indians where we live and

36:13this place came up with 4.5 stars. The restaurant, it's like a sit-in restaurant. Oh my God. They've

36:18been so generous. They give us an extra Indian bhaji, an extra naan bread, an extra poppadom,

36:24two cans of cork. We didn't even order this, but so lovely. Look like this. Oh my goodness.

36:31There's so much left in. We're watching Unforgettable on Netflix and so far it's

36:36really, really good. The virus is blipping away. Honestly, I'm so excited to try this.

36:41It looks absolutely amazing. We've got an onion bhaji, we've got the little salad bits,

36:46saag aloo, jalfrezi tikka, and then some veggie dish. Oh, this looks amazing.

36:52I love restaurants, but I also just love this. Good morning, everybody. Happy Monday. I am full

36:59of beans this morning. It's Monday morning. The sun is out. It's bright blue skies. I've never felt

37:05more alive in my life. Oh my goodness. Spring is in the air. I'm feeling good. I'm feeling

37:11really good. So I just went and had my fourth skin session this morning. So I spoke about this,

37:17but I'm having skin therapy three times a week and it's helping so much. I feel amazing. Combining

37:25that with just trying to get my diet in order and eliminating things that can kind of trigger my

37:29skin. So wheat and, oh my God, the sun is going to blind me. Wheat and dairy. So trying to like

37:37limit that. Exercising as much as I can. Just feeling amazing. So yeah, I had my skin this

37:43morning, so I have to travel to the London Bridge for that, but it's absolutely fine.

37:46So I'm trying to tie in a workout class in with that as well. So I'm not just literally coming

37:51into town for like a minute. That's how long the therapy is and then it gets longer. So I did a

37:57One Rebel this morning and it was amazing. So One Rebel is a mix of, they do Pilates,

38:05they do spin classes, they do all sorts. I just did a reship class. I'm going to rest

38:11this here and swap arms because my arms are in bits. So a reship this morning is a mix of

38:17treadmill work and accessory work. So dumbbells and your heart rate spikes and it keeps it there.

38:24So you absolutely work for a 16 minute total and by the end of it, you are

38:30cooked as I like to say. Absolutely cooked. So even holding my camera up now is hurting.

38:35But that means I've done something right. Yeah, I just love it. It's just, I feel like I'm alive

38:40again guys. I don't know what it is. I feel like I'm a complete shift in my mindset recently of

38:45just doing stuff for me rather than like waking up, turning on my computer and just cracking on.

38:50Just actually doing stuff that just makes me feel alive and I love it. That doesn't have to be a

38:55workout class. That doesn't have to be exercise at all. Just doing something that makes you feel

39:00good. You know, if that's reading or if that's going for a walk or if that's taking up knitting

39:07or learning an instrument or language or whatever it is, if you can find the time, do it. Sorry,

39:13it's really loud. Anyway, it's still really early. It's just gone ten past nine. So I'm

39:19going to head back to my mum and Zara. She drove back to London last night. But my mum's train's

39:25at one o'clock at King's Cross so I need to head back, grab her and then take her into town. Sorry,

39:28it's very loud. I also got a shake at One Rebel. It's the biscoffee shake. It's got biscoffee in

39:33it but it's got protein powder and oat milk and I think it's got some dates in there as well.

39:39We all know I'm loving my dates.

39:45Okay, so I'm back. Look at that golden light behind. Oh my goodness, that is so nice. I'm

39:50actually going to title this vlog The Weather Vlog. It's so lovely. Let me open these shutters

39:54to get a bit more light in. I took my mum to the train station to say goodbye to her. It was short

39:59and sweet but I'll be seeing her very soon actually. We're going to have Ivy in London for

40:04the next couple of, I think I'm actually going to, in about a week's time. Yeah, we're going to have

40:09her for about a fortnight or get used to seeing two Labradors around. And obviously then we're

40:14going to Paris at the end of April, which is so exciting. I can't wait. Anyway, I realised at the

40:18start of the vlog, I actually didn't show you the homeware pieces that I said I had to show you. So

40:24I thought I'd be nice to show you them now. This is the log basket, by the way. I feel like it fits

40:28so nicely here. These are the logs that we get from Horn Bargains. They are the

40:33smorkless, Defra approved logs. I don't know how they make them smorkless, but yeah, it's pretty

40:38amazing. I actually think cutting them into thirds is going to be better. They're really heavy and

40:42dense. So they last a while. One of these lasts about two hours, which is brilliant. So yeah,

40:48I think I need to cut them into smaller chunks so then the ends are exposed. But honestly, it's

40:52such a difference. Like the sun has been lovely, but the minute it goes in, it gets quite chilly.

40:56So yeah, it looks really nice there. I'm very pleased with that. Also, sorry if you can hear

41:00the washing machine, that's just the bedding spinning. Bless my mum, she strips the bed

41:03the minute she leaves. Such a mum thing to do. Anyway, yeah, this is the lamp. So this is from

41:08M&S. It's really, really lovely. It's kind of different from my usual style, but I think it

41:13looks really nice. Let me see if I can turn it on. There we are, we have lift off. It creates like a

41:17really lovely light on the wall. It looks gorgeous. I feel like the pop of green works really nicely

41:22in the corner. So yeah, that was from M&S. It was very kindly sent over actually. So I'll link it

41:27down below. Yeah, they also sent over this marble chopping board, which is lovely. It weighs an

41:32absolute ton. So I think we'll use this definitely more in like the summer months. I don't think

41:36we'll actually chop on it, but more as like a presenting board. If you've got like little

41:39nibbles and things on, that'd be really nice. And then I just popped the lamp that used to be

41:43in the odd ball on that table I just showed you here. These cables kind of annoy me, but the

41:48toaster moves over there anyway. So it hides the cable, so it's fine. And then this also

41:53is from M&S. It's a lovely black solid marble ball. It is very, very heavy. Again, would be

42:00really good as like an egg ball or a fruit ball or any kind of ball really. But yeah, I really,

42:04really like it. And then this is a fruit ball that they sent over and it does actually have

42:09a fruit in it. We are needing to do another food shop, but yeah, how nice is that? I love like the

42:14wavy pattern. I think it goes really nicely over here because it's like a pop of colour. It looks

42:19very, very nice. But I remember starting the vlog saying that I wanted to shoot some homeware

42:23pieces and then classic me, I just got distracted. But I'm actually going to wrap up this vlog. I

42:29really hope you have enjoyed it and it's been just so nice to have my mum in town. So of course I

42:35will link everything featured down below, the theatre show, the restaurant and everything else

42:39that we did. But yeah, lots of love to you all. I really hope you're having a lovely start to your

42:43spring and I'll catch you all very soon in a future video. Bye for now.

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