Thanks Lizzie, enjoyed reading that on a freezing Monday morning! I know, so sad some of these shops closing. I remember my mum taking us twice a year to Watford town centre to get our winter or summer wardrobe from C&A and then having lunch on the top floor of BHS with the treat of cherryade! Then teenage years spent roaming the high street on a Saturday and always halving the cost of anything when I got home and mum asked as she'd still say she could have run up something better for half the price! She used to make her own dress when invited to a party! Then as a student with you, Bin and Kate searching out the secondhand vintage shops. And then my adult shopping trips enjoying the independent shops and cafes in the North Laines of Brighton. Although I find it harder to shop for myself now, I do miss browsing and mooching, and find it even harder to shop online for clothes as I need to see and FEEL them as well as try on as I have no idea what size I am these days!? Funnily enough I've just cleared out a load of my old clothes before moving, finally accepting that I will never fit into them again, but Im loathed to put my favourite vintage pieces in the recycling bins - so well made and so many memories. I would take them to a vintage or charity shop but none are open! Annalise scoffs at most trips to the shops, preferring to buy secondhand on ebay. Things are definitely changing as I guess they always have. Sorry for such a long post!
Michael and I will never ever read the same book. We both read the New Yorker that’s as close as it will ever get. Good read thanks
Thanks Lizzie, enjoyed reading that on a freezing Monday morning! I know, so sad some of these shops closing. I remember my mum taking us twice a year to Watford town centre to get our winter or summer wardrobe from C&A and then having lunch on the top floor of BHS with the treat of cherryade! Then teenage years spent roaming the high street on a Saturday and always halving the cost of anything when I got home and mum asked as she'd still say she could have run up something better for half the price! She used to make her own dress when invited to a party! Then as a student with you, Bin and Kate searching out the secondhand vintage shops. And then my adult shopping trips enjoying the independent shops and cafes in the North Laines of Brighton. Although I find it harder to shop for myself now, I do miss browsing and mooching, and find it even harder to shop online for clothes as I need to see and FEEL them as well as try on as I have no idea what size I am these days!? Funnily enough I've just cleared out a load of my old clothes before moving, finally accepting that I will never fit into them again, but Im loathed to put my favourite vintage pieces in the recycling bins - so well made and so many memories. I would take them to a vintage or charity shop but none are open! Annalise scoffs at most trips to the shops, preferring to buy secondhand on ebay. Things are definitely changing as I guess they always have. Sorry for such a long post!