Categories: random
Date: 16 July 2010 09:32:10
Ah.
The good news is I'm not expected to be part of the whole day shopping trip for my female relations, I have been informed my presence is only required at the lunch stop. Apparently the consensus was taking me on their quest for posh frocks would not enhance the experience for any of us. It's an excellent point! I believe the two younger members of this group have also been informed they are on their own until lunch-time, too.
The bad news was trying to arrange to meet up! My points of reference in the city centre are clearly unique... churches, bookshops, library, railway and coach station. All of which drew a blank with my relations. Well, not the one railway station they will be using, but they don't want to walk back to there to meet me! They then listed numerous clothes shops. My inability to say confidently I knew where they were has confirmed them in their decision to arrange to meet me at lunch time. I took a lot of rude comments for not knowing the city in which I live... I decided not to point out I do know the main city centre really well, I've worked there, this is my fifth year of living in this city... but I rarely, if ever, go into the shopping centre where all the expensive shops are!! Especially since the demise of the bookshop I did occasionally visit.
The somewhat irritating part of it all is I arranged to have today as a day off, which took a bit of doing, and refused to change it for something else I'd much rather have done. Oh well, my reward will be in heaven, possibly.....