Boden

You can't imagine how excited I was to get this little notice in the mail:

I was initially quite disappointed to find out there is no Boden store in Cambridge. Someday, hopefully soon, I plan on making a little pilgrimage to London sans children to check it out. In the meantime, this Boden clearance sale came to me.

I dropped off Anya at her school at 9 and went straight downtown, thinking I'd have plenty of time to enjoy a leisurely cup of cocoa. People were already lined up though, so I thought I'd better follow suit. By the time 10 o'clock came, the line was around the building. 

 I took a moment from the shopping frenzy to snap this picture. This first room you walk into has the children and teen clothes. I didn't realize at the time that this was the calm before the storm. The next room with all the adult clothes was so packed and intense that I forgot to take a picture. But you get the idea.

In the dressing room - another level of craziness - I kept looking around and wondering  how everyone else seemed to get so many cute items so quickly. Still, even feeling not up to par in the speed, competitive shopping arena, I managed to get two pairs of shoes and two sweaters for Anya, a skirt for me, and three sweaters for my ultra-picky Camille (which I will happily take if she rejects!). All for bargain prices! Still, I'm now even more curious what the London Boden shopping experience is like.