Westfield Shopping Centre, White City,

or Shepherds Bush, to those in the know.
This part of London  used to be a dump with a very high crime rate, but things have changed considerably since the  shopping centre has been built. It is a lovely brisk  walk from my home down the Holland Park Avenue,but I do not come here often,only when I have visitors.Today is an exception. Wanted Marks & Spencer  tomato soup.It is seriously good.  So it was either Marble Arch or Westfield.
Too late for the  tomato soup,had some chicken and sweet potato salad, the  birds are going to enjoy  the latter. M&S,the best brand in the whole wide world, is wonderful, beautifully  laid out, the latest new arrivals  hanging up proudly. I just had to have  a dark blue raincoat.A short   autumn jacket  shining in the light caught my eye,ideal for the wife of  one of my nephews,was very tempted to get it, but with new items coming in every day, have decided to wait a little longer.
Why on earth would I want to shop on the internet,when it is so much more pleasurable to touch and feel what catches my eye.
PHASE EIGHT. There was a branch years ago in Notting Hill and I have some lovely pieces from there,many not worn for years, yet I cannot give them away.No,I tell a lie, gave  a leopard print sweater to my sister, regretting it instantly [no, you do not have to return it to me!]  So I was overjoyed when I came across   a branch here, in Westfield. Not for long. There was nothing, absolutely nothing I would want to wear.The last item I bought in Phase Eight was an utterly gorgeous netted skirt two years ago.I think it is going to remain the last.
So I am sitting, enjoying a free cup of Starbucks coffee,courtesy of  Samsung [they have such lovely, smiley,friendly staff.]
Samsung has a new  S 4  tablet out, am seriously considering getting one. For a year I have been seriously considering getting Samsung  S 3   tablet.  Now S 4 has arrived.  By the time I make up my mind S 6 will be in the shops!  It is just  that I am so used to  my  lovely Toshiba  chromebook,it  does everything even though sometimes  Google refuse to connect me when they think my privacy could be compromised.  But it is heavy. And a tablet would be half the weight at least. And a new lighter  something is a must for next year when I  intend to do a lot of travelling.I travel light.  Toshiba often weighs more than all the clothes I carry!