Everything seems to be looking up at the moment, my friends are great, my family amazing and I'm finally starting to feel like my old self, but in a new way that has more life experience, becoming a mother has everything to do with that. I know that my levels of expectation are higher, and that in all aspects of my life I am not willing to compromise because I spent so long not getting what I want. Now that reflects in my shopping experiences because now more than ever I can say when something is not right or acceptable.
Last weekend I was very fortunate to be taken shopping by a tall dark and handsome stranger (not really a stranger, but it does make it sound much more interesting). We started in Selfridge's of all places. The only time I have ever been there was when I worked there as a style advisor well over 7 years ago. I just don't shop there, but me being me I came out of the food hall and into the high street departments that I felt comfortable with like, Miss Sixty, Miss Selfridges, Warehouse, American Apparell, Topshop, Deisel, and Lipsy.
So I ended up in Warehaosue where I saw this beautiful maxi dress ( £50), afer looking at the sizes on the rail (8's and 14' and 16's), I asked one of the Warehouse staff if they had any ten's in the stockroom. She told me no, that this was a popular dress. That in itself made me want to stop liking it! I still wanted it though! I asked if I could have the dress off the mannequin because I know that is always a size ten. Basically she asked me to wait for her manager to get back, to see if she could get it off the mannequin. Twenty five minutes later she asked if I wanted her to find it in another store (we didn't wait around all that time, but when she saw us again this was what she suggested, good initiative!) She then dissappeared to her stock room. Twenty minutes later she arrived with the much sort after dress, (manager had been holding the dress for a customer that didn't appear in a size 10.) lucky me....! An example of good customer service.
We then wondered down Oxford street, and ended up in Aldo, SHOE HEAVEN!!! I tried a lovely pair of tan leather wedges, which my handsome stranger, when looking at me in them, came over all faint! He is not used to looking at my legs in high heels! I'm a Hot mama apparently! Anyway the lovely shoes just pinched my toes a little too much, (I have wide feet). Now I don't know if any of you out there have been to Aldo on Oxford street recently, but the store is filled with not only shoes, but hand bags and accessories, namely earrings!! These are my weakness! So there I was with my face stuffed into their rows and rows of earrings when out of the corner of my eye I spotted this lovely tan hand bag! When I felt it and smelt it I knew I had to have it. So soft to touch and the smell was, and still is divine! (For those of you who love the smell of leather, you know what I mean!)
I love the bag, but lets face it I do actually love ehop and verything that I buy! The bag cost £36 which I think is a bargain, when you think of the price of a good leather bag say, in Topshop (around £50 to £100). So we meandered further along Oxford street (well as much as you can meander, on a Saturday afternoon, peak shopping hour!). I also must say at this point that my tall handsome stranger is very good and patient at shopping under these circumstances....again lucky me! We passed many shops along the way, but we didn't pass River Island. It is my favourite! So we went in, I did show a lot of self control in there, as there was one dress that I loved once I tried it on, and took a picture to show tall dark handsome stranger. By the time I found him to show him we had already left but I might pick it up another day if I go anyway where lovely to where something like this, or maybe I'll get it anyway (£39.99) because it is gorgeous!
I did manage to leave with one top which I love, £16.99, my favourite colour at moment, peach/ coral, and it happens to be in trend at the moment too! The words are so sweet, and I actually mean them.....I live in hope that one day this happens! The fabric is very soft and slightly sheer, it drapes nicely and hides mummy tummy! ( I know my babies were a long time ago now, nearly 4 years, but it does have a tendency to hang around!)
My overall experience that day in the shops was good. Everybody was polite and helpful and I didn't get stressed with anyone, well expect one guy who was obviously a new recruit in RI. He was painfully slow but polite and trying to be chatty which was also painful and cringy, but that didn't reflect on the service.
I hope that you liked my purchases. I will be back soon, maybe with an international shopping experience! (I'm going to Lisbon, Portugal for a couple of days.) I will try and squeeze some shopping time in, whilst I do lots of relaxing and resting, as it is a child free break!
As always friends.....Happy shopping!
Samara
My last purchase on this amazing day, can you guess, was a pair of shoes! From Office called Brogue Baby for £60 in tan leather. They have quite study heels and are in the mid heel category but they are high for me,and guess what.. I love them! They are they same colour as the new handbag and go very well together. Actually tan goes with a lot of other colours, and are a good colour shoe staple to have other than black.
My overall experience that day in the shops was good. Everybody was polite and helpful and I didn't get stressed with anyone, well expect one guy who was obviously a new recruit in RI. He was painfully slow but polite and trying to be chatty which was also painful and cringy, but that didn't reflect on the service.
I hope that you liked my purchases. I will be back soon, maybe with an international shopping experience! (I'm going to Lisbon, Portugal for a couple of days.) I will try and squeeze some shopping time in, whilst I do lots of relaxing and resting, as it is a child free break!
As always friends.....Happy shopping!
Samara
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