Guest guest Posted September 8, 2001 Report Share Posted September 8, 2001 Well..I tentatively put the idea to DH... Me: " Now we are relatively unencumbered, how would you feel about me going off to NY on my own to do some shopping...just for a few days? " DH: " Fine, no problem. " Me: *gawp*. If I do go, it won't be till after Sukkot, so late Oct/early Nov seems a good bet. So long as Yeshaya hasn't given up on yeshivah and come home!!! (Doesn't seem that way, but here's me panicking again). Ruthie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 8, 2001 Report Share Posted September 8, 2001 >Me: " Now we are relatively unencumbered, how would you feel about me >going off to NY on my own to do some shopping...just for a few days? " > >DH: " Fine, no problem. " > >Me: *gawp*. Go for it, Ruthie. You'll have fine time. -- Sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 9, 2001 Report Share Posted September 9, 2001 > <<I hanker after doing my Xmas shopping there though. >> > > Me 2 I would just LOVE doing that ;o) Rithie I am feeling very green here ;o) Mind by end of October they would probably not let me on the plane lol... Don't feel green...I haven't gone yet and with my luck something will happen to prevent me. Feel green when I'm definitely going! Ruthie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 9, 2001 Report Share Posted September 9, 2001 > <<<Feel green when I'm definitely going!>>> > > LOL Ruthie I will but at th emoment I am feeling green " just " about the fact you are thinking about going.. My next " trip " out is to Basingstoke (mind that will be fun as it is to visit a friend and her dh and another friend and her dh and kids are coming to ;o) ) It's nice to know that DH doesn't mind if I do go. I just have to find a suitable time and hope that life doesn't intervene too much! Mind you, when Zehava eventually becomes a bride she will want us to shop for her trousseau in NYC; and it actually makes financial sense to do so. Ruthie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 10, 2001 Report Share Posted September 10, 2001 because I haven't spent much time in NY > (and hated what time I did spend there), > Phyllis I agree with you Phyllis, I didn't much like NYC either and I HATE shopping, especially Xmas shopping. In our family (my husband is the youngest of 7 siblings) we have agreed, at my suggestion, not to buy presents for adults as its too time consuming and fraught; I would be quite happy never to get another present in my life in exchange for not having to go out and buy any!! My middle name is Ebenezer Scrooge, by the way! Now, if someone were to offer me a weekend in Vienna or Prague with visits to the opera, art galleries and walks by the Danube, that would be another thing entirely.....!! Akiko Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 10, 2001 Report Share Posted September 10, 2001 > Mind you, when Zehava eventually becomes a bride she will want us to > shop for her trousseau in NYC; and it actually makes financial sense > to do so. > > Ruthie Where are you shopping?? With the exchange rate the way it is at the moment by the time I've added in the cost of flights and hotel accommadation (not to mention any VAT and duty on shopping in excess of the limit) I doubt I save much money at all. http://www.foxstitch.co.uk/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 10, 2001 Report Share Posted September 10, 2001 I think I must be an absolutely hopeless shopper because I never find the bargains that other people seem to manage. I've never found NYC good value, no matter what the exchange rate. And as points out, it's expensive just to be there in terms of accommodation, food and transportation. When we were in the UK this summer, I didn't find the prices to be that bad. and I really stocked up on children's clothes from Next, M & S, . You certainly can't get the same *quality* in the US for the same price - one of my pet peeves in this land of great consumer choice, NOT! Joyce > > Where are you shopping?? With the exchange rate the way it is at the moment by the time I've added in the cost of flights and hotel accommadation (not to mention any VAT and duty on shopping in excess of the limit) I doubt I save much money at all. > > > http://www.foxstitch.co.uk/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 10, 2001 Report Share Posted September 10, 2001 > > > Mind you, when Zehava eventually becomes a bride she will want us to > > shop for her trousseau in NYC; and it actually makes financial > sense > > to do so. > > > > Ruthie > > Where are you shopping?? With the exchange rate the way it is at the > moment by the time I've added in the cost of flights and hotel > accommadation (not to mention any VAT and duty on shopping in excess > of the limit) I doubt I save much money at all. > > Not in Manhatten I'll tell you that. I shop almost exclusively in Brooklyn's orthodox community shopping area. When I was there in May I found whatever I bought in $$ would have cost me in sterling here. Ruthie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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