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tourmaline) wrote2010-11-15 04:21 pm
tourmaline) wrote2010-11-15 04:21 pm
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Shopping In Birmingham
Day 319 This was supposed to be Christmas shopping, but the only Christmas thing I bought was an advent calendar. It was freezing cold when I first set out, and was forecast to stay that way all day, but it warmed up lots - which was not good, because I was wearing my big winter coat, good for the cold but I ended up lugging it round Birmingham with me. The thing I dislike about shopping in Birmingham is that even at the best of times I end up yucky and sweaty and untidy, and everyone else there is neat and dressed up and perfectly made-up, lovely hair, everyone else looks like pretty flowers and I'm there like a discarded turnip.
Two pics today - the first is the frost on the roof of the bus stop this morning:
The second is the collection of bags I now have to sort through:
From left to right that's Selfridges Food Hall, Hotel Chocolat (remembered my discount card this time!) and Marks & Spencers. Not visible is the Boots bag (bought an ankle support, expensive but looks a good one, hopefully it will be a worthy investment) and I declined a bag in Clintons, where I got the card I was hoping they'd have - a "Happy first Christmas to my niece" card, from the big Clintons store in the Bullring. The rest of my shopping was rather predictable - M&S lingerie, sushi, jellybeans - it's fun to watch unsuspecting people at the jellybean dispensers give what they imagine to be a gentle pull of the lever to have a great cascading rush of beans fall into their bag :D
Sadly Waterstones did not have a copy of Barbara Barnett's Unofficial Guide To House, only the official one - with one of those little review cards written by someone who doesn't really watch the programme. I guess it's to Amazon to shop for those.
Two pics today - the first is the frost on the roof of the bus stop this morning:
The second is the collection of bags I now have to sort through:
From left to right that's Selfridges Food Hall, Hotel Chocolat (remembered my discount card this time!) and Marks & Spencers. Not visible is the Boots bag (bought an ankle support, expensive but looks a good one, hopefully it will be a worthy investment) and I declined a bag in Clintons, where I got the card I was hoping they'd have - a "Happy first Christmas to my niece" card, from the big Clintons store in the Bullring. The rest of my shopping was rather predictable - M&S lingerie, sushi, jellybeans - it's fun to watch unsuspecting people at the jellybean dispensers give what they imagine to be a gentle pull of the lever to have a great cascading rush of beans fall into their bag :D
Sadly Waterstones did not have a copy of Barbara Barnett's Unofficial Guide To House, only the official one - with one of those little review cards written by someone who doesn't really watch the programme. I guess it's to Amazon to shop for those.