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Favourite shops, online and off

TheCatWoman

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’m a bit boring, my favourite shops are Screwfix and Toolstation, I use them quite a lot. I’m able to browse with their apps and make an order at home.

    I often don’t know the technical names for electronic or plumbing items. I also don’t have to try and explain and then get stressed, Everything has a photo of it and an order number.

    I check in on arrival with the app, just get called and given a bag with my items in it, minimal interaction, stress or anxiety.

  • in reply to Roy

    You'd love it here, we have a glory hole called stermat, it's part DIY with drill bits big enough to make a hole you could crawl through, to teaspoons, gardening stuff and all sort of totally random stuff, it makes Home Bargains look like it was made for children. My dad had to make an excuse to go there at least once a week and knew where everything was better than the staff, he was like a little boy!

  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    You have reminded me of hardware shops, those run by individuals. There is one in our town that goes back about 4 rooms and if you look hard you can find all sorts of interesting things.

    I like to recycle things, not necessarily using them for their original purpose. I had a set of drawers I wanted to paint to match a room and the paint was wearing off the old knobs, so I got a new set of gold coloured ones, but the screws were too long. I measured the length I needed and went to a hardware shop. They searched through all their screws and none were the correct length, so the owner cut the screws to size for me. That's what I call service.

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  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    You have reminded me of hardware shops, those run by individuals. There is one in our town that goes back about 4 rooms and if you look hard you can find all sorts of interesting things.

    I like to recycle things, not necessarily using them for their original purpose. I had a set of drawers I wanted to paint to match a room and the paint was wearing off the old knobs, so I got a new set of gold coloured ones, but the screws were too long. I measured the length I needed and went to a hardware shop. They searched through all their screws and none were the correct length, so the owner cut the screws to size for me. That's what I call service.

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