Which shop are you looking forward to going to when lockdown eases?

[BernadetteRostankowskiWolowitz]

So daft but for me.....IKEA.

I want the familiarity of being corralled around the warehouse, picking up some tea lights and sandwich bags and some meatballs.

I miss IKEA.

Homesense and IKEA, I miss Homesense the most though 😭

Another vote for Primark. Their bras are a perfect fit. I'm hoping that they manage to get good stock levels in my size. Locally, TKMaxx. I'm going to really miss Debenhams, it was great for trying on and make up samples.

Primark - they do my favourite Mascara

What country are you in @Rosehip10? C & A closed in the UK many years ago.

I just want to mooch around any shop TBH, but my vote will be for an unmumsnetty M and S

Selfridges for an Espresso Martini.

Charity shops, I have a big pile of books that I still haven't read, I could get one delivered tomorrow on Amazon prime, people lend me books but it still doesn't replace the joy of a good charity shop discovery of an author you love or a book you've been meaning to read.

It was Debenham and I liked Dorothy Perkins, Monsoon and Warehouse but they've all gone.
I guess charity shops. I do love the surprise of never knowing what you'll find.

Charity shops!

I'd also really love to go somewhere like a Waterstones with a cafe..
I really miss quite a few of our little local indie shops that have had to close too.

I'm worried about what will be left by the end of this lockdown.

@InsaneLockdowner

It was Debenham and I liked Dorothy Perkins, Monsoon and Warehouse but they've all gone. I guess charity shops. I do love the surprise of never knowing what you'll find.

Have Monsoons all closed too ??

Jeans shopping! I did pick up a pair of jeans from the M&S sale rail as I was doing food shopping a could of weeks ago because I was so desperate and they almost fit, but they’re so high waisted that they’re actually uncomfortable to sit down in. Can’t face taking them back though. Can’t wait to be able to try stuff on.

I came on to say IKEA!! We are starting a loft conversion and will need lots of stuff in a few months time. Hoping will be open then. I’ll prob ordering stuff online but smaller bits not always available

Pret.

In particular, the branch in Departures at Heathrow T5.

None of them: I have got the covid fear too bad!

I'm annoyed with myself tbh but then again I've always been a fairweather shopper. Though I always quite liked a rummage round TKMaxx and a stop off at a cafe.

Primark... Their longline t-shirts are very handy... All other basic t-shirts don't seem to even make it to my waist.

IKEA as we are moving soon, and we've promised a loft bed for the smaller bedroom

Also IKEA. I would really like some storage cupboards for our kitchen, but they're not available for click and collect at my local shop and obviously I'm not going to drive 80 miles to collect them from the next closest. And their delivery service is terrible (I tried it last year and everything arrived damaged) and very expensive. So I just have to wait.

Also I love taking the kids there for breakfast or meatballs.

We have two local Prets. Every now and then I go there in my lunch break just because. The queues are always huge so I’m not the only one.

I went to IKEA in August and it was lovely but the queue to get in was huge, and having to prebook a table in the cafe was more trouble than it was worth (I was on my own wanting a coffee and a cake - I’d have gone to the effort if there were four of us wanting a proper meal). I’m not sure I fancy going back until restrictions are properly lifted.

Primark definitely!

IKEA as well, I love a browse there.

Most of the other shops I visit I have bought online and been lucky guessing with the sizes especially with a growing child!

Also looking forward to sitting in a restaurant, having someone wait on me and cook for me!

TK max/homesense

I need some trainers and sheets.

We have several antique shops here. I miss looking for treasure. After that the pub. I don't miss shopping centres and chain stores, I'd happily never again visit an indoor shopping centre. But I will, because I want to go to the nearest primark and buy shampoo. I found the perfect shampoo and conditioner for my bonce and I shall buy it in bulk just as soon as they open their doors. And tights, and t shirts and mascara. In case of another lock down I will avoid looking like a slightly more mad version of Helena Bonham Carter.

Primary. My daughter has no clothes that fit she had been making do since before Christmas but has grown even more since then and suddenly nothing fits. Even her stretchy leggings won’t pull up.

Not a shop but a pub/cafe/restaurant where I can sit and be served a meal I haven’t had to cook or prepare

I don't miss the shops I miss the coffee shops and my friends.

Jon Lewis and Caffè Nero

John Lewis, charity shops and cafes.

I think I might cry when I finally get into JL again. I'll be running my fingers across the shiny surfaces of counters and stroking the escalator handrail gently and unobtrusively, whispering how much I've missed being there.

John Lewis closing really felt apocalyptic.