Favourite shops, online and off

I thought I'd start a thread where we can list our favourite places to buy simple things or things that should be simple and use it as a sort of reference guide.

My favourites for shoes, are moshulu, a small firm in Devon that make beautiful shoes for British shaped feet, they're a bit expensive, but they last a long time so are worth it. The other place I sometimes get shoes from is Hotter, mostly I get my walking boots from them as their shoes have gone a bit aggy, the boots are good as the womens sizes go up to an 8, they do wide fit too.

One of the shops I sometimes use for clothes is Laganlook.co.uk, mostly for tops as their trousers are about 3 or 4 inches to short for me

If I wanted wool for knitting or anything else I'd go to wool couture, pure wool and lovely colours, although they seem to do more crafty stuff than wool for clothes making, it's expensive, but lovely, another British company.

For bedding I'm a TKMAXXX girl, good quality cotton sheets, pillow slips and duvet covers at bargain prices, I have some pillow slips from them that are 100% cotton with a 500 thread count, they're so soft, they were only £7:99 a pair.

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  • I shop a lot on the Next online site, mainly as there is a shop in the town my husband does the food shopping in, so it's easy to return stuff to store if anything doesn't work out (this is a important for me as if i have to post it back, it quite often doesn't happen in time, and he can do the returns for me). It's mainly for the kids clothes really, and very occasionaly for my self or husband. Although the last thing I got was pj's, and it was awful, the current fashion is to have an elasticated waistband on the top! I wore them one, night, and didn't sleep much as I could only think of wanting to cut the elastic all night. I need some new ones but now I'm worried about that happening again.


    The last couple of years I got some tops from Chris Packham's teemill online shop, organic cotton, as wearing things like a periodic table of british bats makes me happy. But I tried a top in 'relaxed fit', and it was cut so far up the sides as to be flappy and show my sides, so I can only wear it under a jumper which defeats the point.

    I also got a bunch from the wildlife trusts clothing website, as again, I get a bit of a boost from wearing my interest. I've never masked my wildlife geekiness, so it feels good to show it off (mainly to the other parent's at school pick-up as I don't really go anywhere else very often, unless it's to the library or taking the kids out somewhere).

    I got some dresses from a sale on Boden once, they were nice but sadly highlighted that I don't go out anywhere to wear them.

    Shoes, and coats tend to be from millets or other outdoor shop, for sturdy walking shoes and a practical coat.

  • I know the feeling about having nice clothes that never get worn, I spend my time gardening, dog walking and cooking, leaning out chickens and other glamourous tasks. For me achance to wear "good" clothes is going shopping or to the doctors.

    I get my coats online from amazon I've had variations on a long ladies waterproof riding coat for years now. I get walking boots from Hotter as they're the only ones that fit and last more than a couple of months.

    It would sort of be nice to have somewhere to wear nice clothes to, but then would come the stress and hassle of finding something to fit, overcoming social phobia enough to go somewhere where nice clothes would be worth wearing, getting all the shoes and stuff to go with nice clothes and being able to afford it all.

  • how about one day (when people can dog sit for you) wear your nice clothes and do things that you like doing e.g. reading, crafting, watching tv/films etc. and at least for one meal make it fancier like posh knives and forks, food you wouldn't normally have on a general day etc. That way it's a special day for yourself and you get to wear nice clothes! (if you can, could also get someone else to prepare / cook the meal!)

  • I don't have anyone who can dog sit, I dont' have any non-ordinary clothes, we always eat at the table.

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