There is only one Sale

This is the tag line for the Harrods After-Christmas sale. And, I think all of England took it literally. A group of 6 of us ladies left bright and early Monday morning after Boxing Day and got downtown shortly after the store opened at 9. It was sheer madness. There was a queue of 45 minutes just to enter the "perfumery"--the room where they had all the marked-down gift sets of perfume and cologne. We fought our way through the crowds in the other rooms, scoring some marked down makeup sets. And then, we went down to the purses. When we were in Paris this summer, I fell in love with this Longchamp purse. I decided I didn't "need" it, and didn't buy it. As soon as we sat down on the train to go home, I was sad and reaized, "I should have bought that purse." I've been thinking about it for the 5 months since. I was browsing, and across the room, saw THE PURSE. It was the only one, and I pounced. It was there, it was on sale, and it is now mine. I was very happy.

The fact that we broke for lunch and went to the Kensington Creperie just added to the perfection of the day!