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london
Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 6:32 pm
by tricia
Im hoping to be in london on 11th august and stay overnight and go to see a shoe. I woll be arriving about 2pm and leaving the followong day. Has anyone any suggestions about hotels and a good ticket office
Tricia
Re: london
Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 7:28 pm
by Bunnylump
You're going to visit a shoe?
Sorry, I don't know anything about ticket offices. Maybe if you're around (and don't mind and I'm not on holiday) we could meet up for a coffee?
Re: london
Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 7:35 pm
by tricia
shoe or show - I wish my fingers were straight. I would love to meet for coffee- my sister is always wondering who I am talking to on line. I would love to meet you Bunny
Tricia
Re: london
Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 7:51 pm
by clvrlad
i loved Avenue Q last time i went to a shoe in london
what kind of hotel you after?
i nornally look at a few search engines and go from their
travelsupermarket.co.uk is a good meta-engine to search with though
Re: london
Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 9:20 pm
by Bunnylump
OK I'll be in touch nearer the time. Who knows? We might be able to convince Scurra to come too (?)And if the two of us don't make your sister think you're consorting with Loonies then she's VERY understanding!

Good luck with the show / hotel hunt.
Re: london
Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 10:06 pm
by Redfraggle
Re: london
Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 10:12 pm
by Bunnylump
Oh no, not another one!!

You two probably keep the British shoe industry going all on your own...(although the Fraggle's only keeping the CHILDREN'S shoe industry going...

Re: london
Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 10:16 pm
by Redfraggle
Spent all day looking for shoes for the wedding - checked every shoe shop in Coleraine and tried all the children's departments. It's so hard being a size 3 in shoes. We went into a department store and I asked the girl if she sold shoes - she said NO and Ivan cheered and all the people in the shop laughed

Re: london
Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 10:28 pm
by giraffe
I have the opposite problem being an 8. A lot of shops stop at a 7. I used to have a friend with the same size feet (she's still a friend, I just don't see her very often) and we would shop for shoes together and just get them to bring every 8 they had out for us to try!
Re: london
Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 10:32 pm
by Redfraggle
There used to be a little and large section in Evans - I loved going in there!

Re: london
Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 10:36 pm
by giraffe
Well I normally go to Brantano, they start at a 2 and go up to 10 and the shoes ar all out on the shelves like a supermarket, so you can see at once if they have the style in your size. I've just looked at their website and they don't look like they have branches in NI. Evans still do big sizes. (not looked for small)
I refuse to buy uncomfortable shoes, I go for ugly before uncomfortable. It can ruin the day if your feet hurt.
Re: london
Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 10:42 pm
by Redfraggle
That's why i want a good pair of shoes for the day. High stilettos are definitely out for me. It'd be like walking on stilts. I saw a lovely pair today but they were £164.99 - I didn't like them THAT much!

Re: london
Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 11:01 pm
by Bunnylump
£164.99???
Are people MAD?
Mind you, I spend loads of money on shoes because I keep buying them and then find they're uncomfortable so I don't wear them.

Oh, and I have the smelliest feet in the whole world, so I can't keep summer shoes for longer than a season.

Re: london
Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 11:03 pm
by Redfraggle
They were an Italian designer shoes and totally lovely but there's no way Id spend that much on shoes.
I bet you do not have the smelliest feet

Re: london
Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 11:08 pm
by Bunnylump
Oh, trust me, I think I should be able to claim disability allowance because of it. They are TERRIBLE.

The thing which drives me up the wall is that apparently it's ok for MEN to have smelly feet - that's FUNNY. Apparently. But if you're a girl then it's just weird.

Honestly, I have to apply deodorant to my feet if I want to wear sandals, and I always carry peppermint foot cologne with me too.
Mind you, they're not as bad as mad brother in law's. He is a tree surgeon / gardener, and works in wet boots quite often. His feet were so awful his wife sent him to the doctor. It turns out he has TRENCH FOOT.

Re: london
Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 11:10 pm
by Redfraggle
Well the rest of you is lovely so we'll overlook your feet.
We're all raggydolls in some way - made imperfectly.
Re: london
Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 11:13 pm
by Bunnylump
Redfraggle wrote:Well the rest of you is lovely so we'll overlook your feet.
Well, I don't think I have very much that's lovely, but I suppose that worse things live at the bottom of the ocean...

Actually, apparently I have very nice BONES. Well, that's what a radiographer told me once.

Re: london
Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 11:17 pm
by Redfraggle
Love it

Bunnylump should be renamed to boneylump

Re: london
Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 11:18 pm
by LAT
I'm still searching for any part of me that could remotely be called lovely. It's certainly not my feet either as they are an awful shape.
Re: london
Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 11:20 pm
by Bunnylump