We had a lovely day in the city today. It was a girls' shopping day, to find something lovely for Miss Pepper (now a big 11) to wear. My Mum gave her a hand made voucher for her recent birthday promising a shopping trip. Three generations took the train to Melbourne, fearing the heat (no Probs). I must refer to the latest post of Violet & Rose, where Jo laments the difficulty of finding nice age appropriate clothes for her darling aged 9. It took a lot of looking for us to find a dress and a pair of togs. But we did find them eventually.
In a couple of the bigger department stores I was completely SHOCKED by some of the slutty, crappy, glitzy and revolting things that are marketed towards young girls. Wayne Jnr?
Things that happened which weren't excellent include me losing an earring whilst trying on tops, only discovered disembarking from the train at the home end.
Not being served in the Lindt shop/cafe in Collins St. We waited at the counter holding bars of delish choc...we looked around to spy available staff (none), we watched another group of folk wandering about hoping for a table...we watched a staff member talk to them, look over to us and then disappear into a storeroom/kitchen. He didn't wave and say "be there in a minute" he didn't quietly lift a finger in greeting or apology, he walked off.
So we did too. We did put the choccy back first of course.
Things that were really good. Going directly from Lindt to Little Cupcakes in Degraves St. We bought a box of 5 phenomenally wonderful mini cupcakes to take home. And rated them a score out of 5 each. Gee if I could eat them again right now I would!
Ringing the two shops where I tried on shirts to discover that the second one indeed found my lovely earring and will look after it for me til I pick it up! Thank you!!! The earring was a pearl one from my Mum to replace a pearl one I lost on the day of my Dad's non-funeral lunch in July.
And on a completely unrelated topic. Here is my first ever home grown cucumber. It was so yummy, crunchy and fresh.
And please take a moment to appreciate the cornucopia of veg that the kids have made from polymer clay. It's so cute!
1 comment:
Ah yes, Wayne Jnr. Because we all love a bit of off the shoulder, glitzy, thigh high humiliation on our children
I love Little Cupcakes. A definite stop off on all our trips to the city. So glad you gave them your hard earned cash and not the nasty Lindt man. Although I do love a bit of Lindt chocolate ....
So happy you found your earing. What a lovely surprise.
And very impressed with those vegies. I think the corn is my fave. XX
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