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So tomorrow, I am going for a coffee and a browse in the shops.

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Fairydustrust · 30/01/2021 21:08

Want to come? I think start off with a lovely coffee and just watch the people rushing by....then what next?

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CrustyCrabbe · 30/01/2021 21:09

Shall we go spray some perfumes in Boots and have a nosey at the make up? I also need to return a jumper to M&S that’s gone all bobbly

BrianOfHull · 30/01/2021 21:11

I’m in!

After the coffee and people watching, I’d like to wander around all the small, independent shops in my city. I want to pick candles up and smell them, run my fingers through fabric, stand and read the blurb on books....

whatswithtodaytoday · 30/01/2021 21:12

Goodness yes, that sounds lovely! I'll go to lots of shops and try on an armful of clothes in each, and get annoyed they don't fit or look right, then buy some pretty earrings and nail polish instead. Then a coffee and cake in the comfy corner seat of my favourite cafe, where I can people-watch. Bliss.

MotherWol · 30/01/2021 21:12

Maybe have a nice browse in the book shop, choose something good and get stuck in over a cup of coffee in that place that does the good cake. You know, the one with all the plants.

ThomasHardyPerennial · 30/01/2021 21:12

I'd like to try some shoes on in the shop! Any shop will do Smile

gaggiagirl · 30/01/2021 21:12

Yes I do need to try a few perfumes in boots or Debenhams. Then I think I'll rummage around the charity shops for a while.

NotCornflakes · 30/01/2021 21:12

I'll wave at you from the bus on my way to IKEA!

TheVolturi · 30/01/2021 21:12

Primark dash?

piglet81 · 30/01/2021 21:13

Yes please. Then lunch in a cafe, eavesdropping on other people’s gossip... then to the cinema in the afternoon for a film with wine and popcorn. And more wine and crisps in the pub for dinner.

One day!

cheeseisthebest · 30/01/2021 21:14

Definitely up for hot chocolate and people watching in a coffee shop. Maybe with a book.

AuntieDolly · 30/01/2021 21:14

Is there time for the charity shops? I need some more books

Literallynoidea · 30/01/2021 21:14

I'm coming! I want to take my teen DD bra shopping in M&S and have her try them on, rather than order 15 different size combos to get the right fit (and still have to send them all back).

Then I want to go out to lunch with my team at work and get smashed and weave my way back to the office.

TotoAnnihiliation · 30/01/2021 21:14

Ohh can we go to las iguanas? Once we have finished in the shops, it's no fun shopping when stuffed and tiddly.

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Fairydustrust · 30/01/2021 21:14

Ooh, make up in Boots. I could do that. Smile. Brian, I was born in Hull. Where are those lovely independent shops?

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ScrapThatThen · 30/01/2021 21:14

Please can I go for a swim and unwind in the jacuzzi and sauna afterwards like every Friday in 2019?

Halfagonyhalfhope · 30/01/2021 21:15

Packed Art Gallery exhibition - I won't complain once about the crowds!

DialsMavis · 30/01/2021 21:15

I've got to take some bras back to M&S as the wires are poking out, I'd like to go on a jeans buying mission as lost a bit of timber. Will we be going for lunch?

Daydreamsinglorioustechnicolor · 30/01/2021 21:15

If we feel like it can we stop for lunch and a glass of wine later on?

BruceAndNosh · 30/01/2021 21:16

I'm going to try on every bra in my size in Marks and Spencer

Halfagonyhalfhope · 30/01/2021 21:16

Yes definitely lunch - with wine for those inclined.

piglet81 · 30/01/2021 21:16

Oh, I miss swimming. Haven’t been since March - all our leisure centres closed down, then one pool reopened in December for about five days but I couldn’t get the flipping booking app to work so didn’t manage to go before they closed again!

covetingthepreciousthings · 30/01/2021 21:17

Is there time for the charity shops?

I'll come to the charity shops too, once I've finished eavesdropping in the cafe at lunch. I'm going to browse all the Bric a Brac shelves.

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Fairydustrust · 30/01/2021 21:17

Ooh. This all sounds wonderful. There's time for everybody to go where ever they need to be. But I do want to try on some new shoes as well.

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barskits · 30/01/2021 21:17

Can I come? I need some shoes, I've only got two pairs at the moment and they've both got holes in.

CathyorClaire · 30/01/2021 21:18

I'm going to a car boot sale. I'll do the shops on Monday.