Adventures in shopping

Today John and I wanted to go hiking. However, the weather didn't quite cooperate. So, instead, we decided to go shopping to get John some new work clothes which he has wanted to get for a while. We headed to Mark's and Spencer to look for trousers. While shopping, I noticed that some of the trousers had hips on them on the hanger! When did they start making men's trousers with hips? Why do men need to appear to have hips? Many of these trousers were slim through the hips and thigh and then got full, much like the cut of women's trousers.

Not deterred, we found some trousers in the size we thought John needed and he went to try them on. While I was waiting for him to show me how they looked, I watched the lady at the men's department dressing rooms. She was laughing at the men often. She was laughing because the men would come out and show the women that they were with how the clothes fit. The women would then evaluate the clothes. One even made the young man (I think it was a mother and son) turn around and she commented on how the bum made him look and the cut, etc. It was actually quite funny.

Since none of the first round of trousers fit, we tried another size and and found some with a slightly different cut. Since they were cheap trousers again and tend to only last a few months, we are planning on stocking up on trousers when we go home for Christmas.

Since we weren't too disheartened after going to Mark's and Spencer, we then went to the only store in the city centre that sells shirts to fit John. So, we got to the men's section and they had two shirts in his size. We bought them and a tie tack and then went grocery shopping.

We tend to go grocery shopping on Sunday afternoons lately because we are too lazy to go on Saturdays. Last week, the Tesco that we go to was out of most items. We wondered if the stock people were on strike or something. This week, they were also out of a lot of items like bread, eggs, and flour. How does a grocery store run out of bread, eggs, and flour?????????? They are a grocery store. They are supposed to have these things. Oh, they were out of the yogurt that I eat, too. Actually, they were out of most yogurts. Maybe we should start grocery shopping on Saturdays again...