Sale

As usual the big Christmas/New Year’s clearance started here on Boxing Day. For once I wasn’t really out to get anything and just going because it’s a clearance no thank you very much. But on Wednesday morning I felt like I had to get out of the flat. Reading is fun, but fresh air is better for you. So I ventured downtown to the shops along with everybody else just like I had expected. Some shops I didn’t go into because of all the people. Other ones I just went in and out not feeling like fighting over shirts or trousers. As a last attempt to find I bargain I went to my favourite shop, which of course didn’t have a clearance. But there were no people there. Very nice.

Just before heading for the tram I passed a bath and bed shop whose signs said 30-50% off on everything. Not even I could resist that… The cotton satin sheet I had looked at before Christmas was marked down 50% so I ended up getting two sets for the price of one. Their finest (and priciest) towels were also down 50% so again I got two sets. One blue and one pink. On my way to finding the queue, which went through whole shop, I also found a new very fluffy pillow marked down 30%.

So an "I’m not going to buy anything, there are too many people everywhere”-attitude changed into a full fledge shopping spree. And yes, my bedroom and bathroom look very nice now with the new linens and towels.