harrod's

it's no secret that harrod's is an amazing store and one of the many highlights of london. for those of you who haven't yet had the absolute pleasure of visiting, harrod's is one of the better known upscale department stores in london. they sell everything from designer bags and clothes, tea, cigars, gourmet foods, cupcakes, pet accessories, actual live pets, toys, and even an entire line of harrod's branded goods. basically, this store is literally my budget traveling nightmare.

seriously, it's like a magical harrod's fairy crawled into my head at night, stole everything i've ever dreamed of wanting, and put it all in a very premium priced store. ok maybe it's just a great store filled with anything anyone could possibly want, but the point is that harrod's for me was yet another hard lesson in self control.

fresh flowers. you know, to make the hostel feel like home...

 

but i totally NEED a tin decorated as a bear guard...

always a shopper at heart, it wasn't as difficult as i anticipated passing up on the luxury designer clothes. i did stare at/pick up/clutch to my chest a beautiful celine bag for awhile, but it was easy to say "you can get that when you're employed again." what wasn't as easy to pass up was the food hall.


really, it's food hallS, with each room separated into different categories of food - chocolates and confectionaries, tea, meat, baking and pastries, and even a room with a caviar bar. can you guess which was the most difficult to resist? if you guessed caviar bar, you're wrong...

despite the torture i endured preventing myself from maxing out my credit card in this shop, i visited several times and eventually treated myself to an enormous almond croissant. i had to. i was still coming down from france...