Bluewater Shopping

Me and Julia up at Bluewater for the first time since way back before Lockdown, good to be doing some retail therapy for a change! Albeit with face coverings, which is still seriously weird and I confess to being annoyed by those who wear them around their chin or underneath their nose, little point in wearing it at all if you can't wear it properly. And those who can't follow simple guidelines on the floor, have we all gone blind or lost the ability to read? We lasted longer than I thought we would, 5hrs, having pretty much arrived when it opened. Thought it best to beat the crowds - although we found them in Primark whilst queuing for the tills! Although to be fair they got through us fairly quickly. Popped in Costa in Waterstones and this is a big shout out for the young assistant in there who bagged us a table as we were being served, much to the chagrin of some woman who promptly threw her sandwiches at the assistant and stropped off muttering something about racism under her breath. I mean please, that card is so last year. We'd bought food and needed a table whilst her other half was still queuing - you snooze you lose. So well done young lady for standing up for your customers in the face of someone with extremely bad manners 😊 We had a good wander around the Christmas stuff, including the dedicated shop, I bought a set of ornaments, one of which is a camera, how cool is that? Oh and next year's calendar and this year's advent calendar - a fairly large one so I can read the numbers without a magnifying glass - hopefully! Bought Julia's birthday present, extra set of dinner service plates - she did request them, a sign that she is well and truly all grown up! We even bought a birthday cake, Connie the Caterpillar from M&S for her and James to nibble on - maybe not so grown up after all ❤️