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LadyConstanze -> sunshinemiss hits the UK (7/22/2012 2:04:00 PM)
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We had a fun Saturday, haunting the shops and charity shops (rich bounty), we were so packed up with bags that H had to come and pick us up, taking the train back would have been really difficult with the burden of our loot.
Apart from that we had great fun on our coffee break (after a small hickup - they had given the traveler £50 notes at the airport, not a lot of shops take them, banks wouldn't exchange them as you need to be a customer of the bank, so we had to find my bank, pay in the notes and then do a straight withdrawal - what a bunch of BS, we wasted about an hour of valuable shopping time), especially with the local dress sense, I explained the concept of 16 to 60 to sunny (women who are 60 wearing clothes that would be appropriate for 16 years) and both agreed after a few especially horrendous sightings that it is not a good idea to wear crop tops and lycra in size 30 just because some evil factory manufactures it.
After our shopping trip we had a pleasant rummage through boxes in the garage and played dress up (much to the delight of H who found lots of reasons to come to the garage), then ventured our for a curry, we had window seats and could watch people in the pedestrian area venturing out dressed up. It took quite some persuasion to explain to Sunny that they weren't going to a fancy dress party where the worst dressed person would win a prize, but that is how the locals dress (and yes, better legs and shoulders can be seen in most butcher shops, again, wearing mini skirts and shorts just because you can buy them is not always a smart choice), we had some bets on women literally tottering on high heels, but nope, no broken ankles...
It was a super fun day!!!!! Sunny is really great company, just be careful when you sip your drink, she might make a comment that has you snorting beverage out of your nose....
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