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Brighton Bargains!
Filed under ethical shoppingSep 27Yesterday I had a very pleasurable morning wandering around Brighton while my hubby Chris was doing a charity bike ride for the MS Trust. I don’t know Brighton very well, but using the AroundMe iPhone app I discovered there is a market every Saturday morning in the North Laine area, which was only 20 minutes walk from our hotel opposite Preston Park. It was a gorgeous sunny morning so I strolled down to Upper Gardner Street, where the market was just getting going. It was small but there was a range of interesting stalls selling antiques, vintage and second hand clothes as well as handmade bags and jewellery. I made a beeline for the second hand bookstall where I picked up 3 books I wanted for £7.50: Fast Food Nation, The Memory Keeper’s Daughter, and Eats, Shoots & Leaves.
Next I headed through North Laine towards the seafront, where I found an Oxfam Boutique. It was lovely with wooden hangers and everything, but strangely none of the clothes seemed to be labelled with their sizes so I got a bit fed up. I headed to the back of the shop where I found this fab handbag!
Then I turned towards the main shopping area, where all the usual high street shops are, and to my great excitement discovered a People Tree shop. I looked longingly at the Terra Plana shoes but decided that they were a bit out of my price range. I saw some gorgeous Soul of Africa loafers but they only had them in brown and red – if they had had black I would have snapped them up. Finally, I popped across the road to the Banardo’s shop and picked up this long-sleeved t-shirt, which Chris says is “very me”, whatever that means!
By this time Chris had finished his 50-mile bike ride so I had to conclude my tour of Brighton. I was very happy to get so many bargains in one shopping trip, and Brighton is now my new favourite place to go shopping. Unfortunately it is a 2-and-a-half hour drive from where I live so I won’t be visiting too often!
I would also like to say sorry for the looooooong gap between blog posts. My excuse is that it has been summer and when it is sunny I like to be outside enjoying myself rather than tapping away at the keyboard. However, as the evenings get darker I will probably do more writing, so watch this space!
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