Day 4 - Wednesday - Christmas Shopping

As mentioned in yesterday's post, today it was my intention to go out shopping with LB to our local mall. I had some money in my account for buying Christmas presents, but hadn't really made too much progress so far this month. LB knew of a couple of items she wanted, so we decided to head out so that I could get ahead of the curve.

First stop was Office for some new Converse trainers.  I have to admit that I find it very difficult to spend £50 on a pair of trainers, knowing that you are mainly paying for the branding, but this was what she wanted and not wanting to be a curmudgeon at Christmas, I agreed to buy some for her.  Thankfully, when we were in the store, we found out that there was 20% off the shoes she wanted, which did help, as it saved me £10. Paying £40 is still a lot, but is a lot easier to stomach than £50.

Next on her Xmas list, was  a visit to Urban Outfitters for a velvet pantsuit that she wants to wear to a New Year's Eve Party.  They didn't have it in the colour she wanted (black), but a member of staff in the changing rooms, kindly advised us that we could order it at the till and have it sent by Express mail to our address for free.  I happily took them up on this offer, as it saved me the postage which would probably be at least £4 or £5 and we got it the next day.  The staff were so nice and helpful.  I was really impressed by the customer service.

Another job we needed to do was to get LB a fringe trim.  Supercuts obliged us for less than £10 including the tip, although the wait was a little long, but at least it got done and she can see properly again.

I bought a few other bits, namely some toiletries for LB and myself, another school skirt for LB from Primark which cost £1. (Down from £2.50).  Such a bargain. 

I also bought myself this orange leopard print skirt from Primark, which I'm hoping to wear for work with black tights and boots.  It's a little shorter than I would normally wear, but I really like it and it was only £10. If I bottle it, LB will be happy to wear it.

All in all it was a very successful outing with LB's two main presents bought.  The remaining things on the list are small stocking fillers and cash, although I may surprise her with something that she's not expecting just to keep a little bit of the surprise in Christmas.

I now just need to focus on getting OH to write me a list, so that I can get some of his presents bought, as I don't want to be rushing around at the last minute, especially when work will be very busy in the lead up to Christmas.

How's your Christmas shopping coming along?