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having a green tweed coat crisis

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Moomin · 14/12/2004 22:16

help! am going to a wedding on saturday and have sorted an outfit (black skirt, black top, fishnets, knee length boots and lurvely green jewellery including fab green gen broach(/brooch?!). have now set my heart on green coat, preferably a tweedy one but have had very little luck tracking one down.
found one in debenhams that sort-of fits the bill but in the shop they didn't have my size. could always buy online but in the shop they have an offer of £25 off the £65, which they are not doing online! Can't get to a bigger store between now and saturday so am in a quandry about whther to buy coat in store for extra money (but i'm also losing weight at the moment so the one that's too big will be way too big soon!) or order online and pay extra.
OR does anyone know of any other coats for under £100 that fit the bill and i can buy for sat?
and don't advise me not to wear what i'm wearing - i've set my sad heart on it

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codswallop · 14/12/2004 22:17

emai them and try to gett hem to match the in store price?

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Moomin · 14/12/2004 22:17

der - meant 'buy the one in the shop for less money'...

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Moomin · 14/12/2004 22:18

have already rung and they said online and store sales are completely seperate - it's up to stores to organise their own offers, apparently.

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merrymarthamoo · 14/12/2004 22:18

I like it! Agree with coddy - email and say they should match instore price and you are not a happy bunny.

codswallop · 14/12/2004 22:18

what about anpother coat though?

merrymarthamoo · 14/12/2004 22:19

Oh bum, dunno then.

codswallop · 14/12/2004 22:19

not he bat

codswallop · 14/12/2004 22:19

or a velvet jacket?
very in at he mo

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Moomin · 14/12/2004 22:20

yes please to another coat - but where from? there are loads of pink ones around but not green

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princesspink · 14/12/2004 22:20

i know of one but what size are you?

merrymarthamoo · 14/12/2004 22:22

also not the bat

codswallop · 14/12/2004 22:24

why not get a pncho pashmina afair?
ow useful woufld a green coat be long term?

codswallop · 14/12/2004 22:26

laos if you look at monsoon.co.uk
long cardigans and frou frou type things
lovely
and It hink woudl go well

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Moomin · 14/12/2004 22:28

size 16 but can get into a generous 14
the next one is too blue (i'm a fussy b@$@d aren't i)
could maybe try a poncho but i really would wear a green coat (while i'm robbing the rich to feed the poor)

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codswallop · 14/12/2004 22:28

look at monsoon

merrymarthamoo · 14/12/2004 22:30

It's teal - it's a greeny blue, you fussy so n' so

codswallop · 14/12/2004 22:32

what about htis one

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codswallop · 14/12/2004 22:32

shit! here

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Moomin · 14/12/2004 22:33

yes just looked at monsoon. yumptious stuff - although not sure how often i would wear one of their froufrou cardies, compared with my imaginary all-purpose knockemdead green coat

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merrymarthamoo · 14/12/2004 22:33

what you find when you put green tweed coat in google NOT THE BAT

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Moomin · 14/12/2004 22:33

pmsl! how did you get a photo of the bride to be?

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merrymarthamoo · 14/12/2004 22:37

what about this? not the bat

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Moomin · 14/12/2004 22:42

dh is now choffchoffing angrily because i made him get out of bed to see those links

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cazzybabs · 14/12/2004 22:52

too dear

codswallop · 15/12/2004 12:35

lol at not the bat
whatis the green coat news this am?