SHOPPING: Bicester Village

Twice in a week for me, and only about six weeks since were last here. Our first stop was Swarovski, were we chuckled at assorted abominations in crystal, before heading around the corner to Kate Spade.

It was bargains galore in here, with the whale cross-body reduced to just £89 and with a further 20% to come off that! Rose wasn't convinced however and chose a nice simple bag with a pattern of rose on it for her birthday.

Next stop was Marc Jacobs, followed by Superdry and Missoni. A brief detour into Hour Passion and L'Atelier and then on to the TAG shop. There then followed a very stressful time as I struggled to decide whether to buy a Monaco 24 which had been reduced by £1200, and was then further reduced by £245!

In the end I decided against it, because it wasn't the right model for me, but it was hard to down such an offer as the asking price of £4650 was much less than it's potential second hand value. Somebody is going to snag themselves an absolute bargain.

We also found another shop called Time & Gems, which is a shit name for a shop frankly. They had a good selection of Ulysse Nardin and Girard Perregaux, supplemented by an assortment of cheap Jean Richard tat. I quite liked one of the Girard Perregaux watches, a diver with a green rehaut.

It's called a Sea Hawk Mission of the Mermaids, or some such bollocks... I didn't buy that either!