Wednesday 10 June 2015

Holiday shopping


Picture the scene - it's the first full day of your outdoorsy family holiday, you're in a cabin in the middle of the most beautiful woods, with bikes ready to go... and it's raining. Proper grey with the kind of drizzle that you know isn't going anywhere. What do you do? You turn chicken shit into a chicken salad (line shamelessly stolen from Pete Campbell on Mad Men, my new fave). We headed to Winchester for a day of light shopping (the best kind). We also ended up getting steaks for lunch, so it may have been the best decision we ever made. 

Winchester is beautiful, and a wonderful place to while away a day. The most beautiful thing about it is The Hambledon, aka my favourite shop in the world. I'll take one of everything please. They get bonus points for playing the Car Share playlist when I walked in too, which brought me much joy. Arlo was sleeping in the pushchair, and Alex was absorbed in another shop, so I had lots of time to browse. Browsing is the best. 

Anyway, I spotted these gems in the little back corner of the shop and I snapped them right up - lots of gorgeous stickers which will be just perfect for scrapbooking, and washi tape in the cutest patterns - they are from Meri Meri, which is a brand I'd never heard of before but now that I have, perusing their website is my new favourite thing to do. Just the prettiest perfectest stuff. Expect a follow up post soon filled with pics and pics of scrapbooking pages I've whipped up using these goodies. 

Nb. the storage boxes and cute number paper clips I discovered in Ikea a few days later. The boxes are the perfect size for storing stationery, although one of them remains empty so I'd better get back to The Hambledon pronto to stock up on more supplies...






6 comments:

  1. I love shopping in Winchester, it's so nice and small in comparison to Southampton City Centre. (I still adore shopping there too, well shopping wherever!) Love the stickers! x #PoCoLo

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    1. Thanks! I know what you mean, Winchester is a more relaxed pace to Southampton for shopping. I'm actually heading to West Quay today for some shopping and am bracing myself! x

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  2. I've never been to Winchester but The Hambledon looks reason enough for me to take a trip - I love shops like that and can always find something I really, really "need"! #pocolo

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    1. Oh you would love it - it's got little nooks and crannies with all sorts of goodies you'll definitely 'need'! Definitely worth a trip :) x

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  3. How funny, we were staying in Blackwood Forest 2 weeks ago and also went into Winchester when it was raining! However, I didn't buy anything as lovely as your gorge stationary. We just ate loads of cake! #PoCoLo

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    1. Wow, what a coincidence! I wonder if we were there at the same time?! We loved the forest, so relaxing! Cake sounds just as good as stationery any day :) x

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