The weather here is almost deserving of an entire posting. Discussing the weather is the national pastime, according to the expat guide to surviving the England experience (a guide that my husband's company sent us). And after one day of dropping off and picking up my daughter from school, I know exactly what they mean. Everyone I passed had a comment about the weather -this morning when it was sunny and I dropped her off, everyone made a comment about the sun being out. When I picked her up and it was raining, everyone had a comment about that too. Every day since we have been here, it has rained and been sunny. In the same day. Every day. And this is exactly what it does...Every Day. You cannot leave your house without rain gear, even if it is sunny when you walk out. Hence the picture of the girls in their adorable rain gear that we had to buy our second day here. Planning an outing to London or the zoo (two of the things we wanted to do while my mom was here), and you better bring a bag of rain gear. Every stroller here is outfitted with the rain coverings. Wellingtons (rain boots) are a staple in this country. We went shopping today and it was beautiful and sunny when we left the house and 10 minutes later we had just gotten out of the car, put Gerbie in the stroller and -wham, rain. I need to become more prepared for this. Speaking of shopping, here are some of the stores that we saw today - Fat Face (a clothing store), Sweaty Betty (another clothing store), Slug and Lettuce (a restaurant). I did buy a sweater at Fat Face, it was really cute. I walked in and looked at the sweaters and could not figure out what size I was. I asked the sales lady and she said double the size you wear in the US and that will be your approximate size in the UK. Going from the UK, the women probably love it, but coming from the US, I was looking at that size and gasping a little. Yes, still in a little bit of culture shock. Bean also had her first day of school today and did great -she loved it. Came home very excited to talk about it and the teacher said she did great. She has school all of this week and then they have their half term break (spring break) for two weeks. We will have to plan some fun things to do while she is off.
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