One goes Mad in Harrods
I sort of ‘won’ a prize. £1000 to spend in Harrods. My mum and her friend entered a competition and friend won the prize. I got my grubby hands on it for the bargain fee of £400!
So… what to buy? The most famous shop in the world..but I find that Selfridges is far better. They still have classic lines, as well as the fashionable or stylish.
I was hungry, so I went to the foodhall first, sustenance was needed for the spree, you see?
I have shopping plans that work. This is what you do.
1. Wear rubbish clothes. They think you have no money and don’t leech on to you for that reason. You get to browse.
2.Wander in awe. They think you are from another planet, have no money and don’t leech onto you for that reason. You get to browse.
3. Do try to break rules, ie: eat your sandwich in the shop. They think you are malnourished and poor, from another planet, have no money and don’t leech onto you for that reason. You get to browse. With bits of crayfish and rocket on your face.
4. Have a cheap handbag. This is an outwardly visible show of no class at all in their opinion. They think you have no style or decorum and that you have no money and don’t leech onto you for that reason. You get to browse. With all the shop assistants sales associates mocking your obvious lack of style knowledge with your rubbish cheap handbag. From Primark if possible.
Sorted, yay!
Wandered and wandered till I could wander no more.
I’m not hard to please, but I couldn’t see anything I liked?
Then I thought.. aha!
A classic and timeless piece of jewellrey/watch. Will be so retro/vintage in years to come, may add value too. Credit crunch in mind..I wouldn’t have made the purchase if not for the voucher.
I levitated towards a watch, very small, extremely understated, and very very expensive. I asked to see it and to try it on.
I have never been fawned over in a shop, but this was FAWNNING for sure!
They fawned on for ages, as I giggled internally. I had a bloody coupon to spend, haha! Greensheild stamps!
I must have looked like Howard Hughes with boobs, one of those scruffy eccentric millionaires.
They made me tea, and fawned themselves to death..and I said ‘I’ll take it!’ Had to put them out of their misery at some point.
I had to add a sizable lump to the final price though. And You helped me didn’t you? See, I buy good things that will gain value later!
So I am now the proud owner of a tiny beautiful diamond watch. I’m quite scared to wear it! I keep looking at it.
I will wear it this week at my very posh function thingy.
