Le Leeds
I made the mistake of wearing my new heels to Leeds and we both knew they weren’t going to work the second I stepped off the train. Our first adventure was an hour or so in BHs (or as I say BH’s) spent looking and finally purchasing a very comfortable pair of black boots. Nick knows shoes are the way to my heart, followed by food. So we headed to breakfast in BH’s because we were starving and literally couldn’t wait to walk around and find a pub.
Shopping in Leeds is 1,000,000,000 x better than Lancaster. They have a genuine high street; I deem a true high street as a street with stores I can only window shop in, like Rodeo Drive in LA. Victoria Station is very pretty and very expensive but lovely to walk around in and escape the chill while looking at pretty things. I’ve been stalking Waterstones ever since I saw this post on Design Sponge * and these books are harder to find than you think! Actually, only one is difficult to find - Pride and Prejudice. I’ve been trying to slowly accumulate the books so we don’t spend too much money on books at one time (which I could very very easily do). Ta-daaaa!
I also found an Urban Outfitters (how American) in Leeds and we got the cute little salt shakers above and below. Yes, the salt does come out of their eyes 
Unfortunately you couldn’t mix and match them, so we went for black and yellow. Here are two city shots of Leeds I took as we strolled around the city.
The return trains were at odd times and we opted for the 2:30pm train instead of the 5pm. The train was nearly empty and I slept on the way back to Carnforth. I think we’re heading to Ikea in Manchester this weekend. Yes, I am very very excited to go to Ikea, more excited than when we went to Pizza Hut.
February 26th, 2009 at 6:27 pm
Glad you had a good time in Yorkshire!