Tag: shops

  • Second hand sale online

    Charities have been running online shops for some time, and beyond the basic sales of fundraising items in recent years they have moved to offering real life solutions (or ethical giving) to their cause – buy a goat for an african village, teach a classroom with a supply of textbooks. Oxfam have expanded their store…

  • I hate Ikea. That is all.

    I shouldn’t really hate Ikea, and I’m a hypocrite for doing so, but I can’t help it. I live near a store and over the last 12 months it has been invaluable for buying cheap functional attractive furniture for my new flat. Especially when it came to a new sofa, as we couldn’t get anything…

  • It's the piccadilly line. But not as we know it.

    Last night I was shopping for a present for a good friend of mine at work who’s leaving this week. As they commute long stretches of the tube each day I decided what they would most like to receive as a leaving present would be An Illustrated Guide to the Piccadilly Line (and a wodge…

  • Tom's brought a new toy

    Here’s a new toy I have just brought. I already have a Canon SLR but mine is slightly older, (a 400D) and this is brand new. It is also not for me, but for my sister. Needless to say I am jealous. The kit lense has image stabalisation, the camera has spot metering and live…

  • Chain shopping

    I’m not a big fan of shopping malls, one tends to blend into another and you don’t know if you’re in Brent Cross, Lakeside, Watford, Guildford or Cambridge. The usual suspects are always there, the same clothes shops, cafes, music and video stores line the walkways trying to make their 300 square metres somehow different…