Right, I went to Pollocks and was much better than I remembered
got the sprauncey calendar (will post pic for you some time Filly), a policeman puppet, an aeroplane thing to put on your bike (?) and a funny whistle thing
then got a small Chinese parasol in the market, he is obsessed with mine and I don't let him play with it as I don't want it buggered.
Went to Muji - not as fab as I remembered and rather pricey actually - some cute little wooden bricks shaped like London buildings (inc the Eye) but in the end didn't want to shell out a fiver. Got dp some origami paper and ds a build your own stegasaurus thing and a notebook
Then Museums - Natural History Mus was definitely the top destination of the trip, possibly in part because it is my favourite building in the world and I just love dinosaurs, so ds's stocking is going to be quite reptilian this year:
Dinosaur snow shaker, dinosaur stickers, dinosaur glider thing, plastic dinosaurs, and dinosaur cookie cutters. I am unboundedly chuffed by those.
Sci Museum quite good also but not so much for smaller children. V+A was fab for teenagers I have to buy for - some books on fashion, weird objets etc
and finally, did Daisy and Tom's - very disappointed. I hadn't been before and thought it was going to be fab, but fairly run of the mill really. Got a set of stampers and ink pads which was cute, and oooh ooh ooh
I got the Playmobil plumber with the toilet and the plunger :O
I think that was it, I also tried Habitat, Heals and Peter Jones but they were not much cop. I found some marvellous false moustaches for dp in Peter Jones but that was all.
However thank you all very very much for all the ideas. I was really feeling it was not worth going, before you came up with so many helpful suggestions.