Just browsing…yeah, right!

I met a former colleague for coffee and had my first crookie (combined cookie and croissant). I could manage only half of it, but it was yum.

The cafe closed early, so we went browsing around The Colombo, a mall I love because it has Nordic Chill (Moomins and Ikea), Trade Aid, French Connection, Industria and The Collective.

I have hovered on the threshold of Annah Stretton but my glamorous friend boldly went in, so I did too.

It is nice to browse with a friend who is into browsing and who can draw your attention to details you might have missed. She knows what’s on trend, what has been fashionable and come around again, and is both sensible and encouraging (in my opinion). I really did need that etched glass jug (French Connection), and a test run has proved the glass with pattern in relief (Industria) does add pizzazz to a gin and tonic, as I expected it would.