Daughter and I had a lovely time today in our local Waterstones. There were some beautiful books in the children's dept. We had coffee and carrot cake and then went back to the books. No crowds which doesn't bode well for the high street and I'm usually an Amazon book buyer who still misses her local independent book shop. 
I did buy some books today.
It was retail pleasure. 
We all complain about the busy-ness of the shops, the lack of parking spaces and about the crowds - but oh today en route to seeing DH in hospital I wallowed in the seductive superficiality of a little bit of retail therapy. A purchase of some lovely botanical gunk from the LIz Earle counter, a squirt of my favourite Hermes Caleche from the perfume displays as I drifted past, then a quick zoom round Waitrose to buy lots of 3 for 2 canapes to put in the freezer for Christmas Day, And you know what?
I loved it!
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