(Author’s note: This entry was written after the fact but the pictures are from this day!)

So last night I smashed my phone screen right as I got home. I didn’t take any pictures of the damage because honestly I was just too mad, but I did discover that the cracked screen went over my front facing camera so I got some selfies showing that damage. Before I went to bed I booked an appointment to get my screen fixed and begrudgingly moved £269 from my savings account to my checking account.

Anyway, we dropped my broken phone off at the store and then we grabbed some snacky bits from Taj the grocer and then we had a little picnic in the park by the mall. The weather was really nice for it, so at least it wasn’t a total waste of the day. Alex took some pictures on his phone since I forgot to bring my camera with us. We had black olive hummus and jalapeno hummus as well as some spicy fafda and garlic naan, and we also picked up a mixed sweets assortment and that was really tasty. Alex finally got to try Jarritos and we both agreed that the lime flavour went better with all of the spicy snacks.

After a few hours we packed up our picnic and then had a little wander through Primark and B&M – both of which were stiflingly hot!! I broke out into a cold sweat and couldn’t tell if it was just me being a bit sick still or if it was the heat of the stores, but Alex was also feeling the heat so I guess it wasn’t just me in the end. Then we went and collected my phone and headed back home. We had some soup for dinner and hung out with the cats all night.