the shopping report

expensive day: eyetest done (fix the left axial misplacement on my left lens, glaucoma and retina check, grill the optomotrist, the works) and new glasses (polycarb rimless) and sunglasses (bikeproof black rims with rayban-green lenses) on order, six new business/casual shirts, new vests, four new belts, two pairs cufflinks, other oddments, some basic groceries, and a motorbike magazine.

about £540 all-in, about half of which is optical.

if this shocks you, “welcome to britain”.

the beer makes up for most of it.

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2 responses to “the shopping report”

  1. Geoff Arnold
    re: the shopping report

    No cheaper over here in the USA. Except that most Americans don’t do cufflinks, because you can only wear them with bulky French cuffs: convertible cuffs (with one button and two buttonholes) are unknown here except for special order handmade shirts.

  2. alecm
    re: the shopping report

    oh, i dunno; i’ve had similar amounts of stuff from Nordstrom as opposed to M&S (swap glasses for a Italian wool suit) for about 500 bucks; you and I are used to the pounds-to-dollas equivalency, but when I consider that the exchange rate is about 1.8 at the moment, I have an explanation for why (say) buying sprits in the country is an eye-opening experience for visiting Americans…

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