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Good morning.

I need to go and do some xmas shopping today, and have tired of Oxford and Banbury. Swindon is just within my sane driving distance, whats it like for shopping, any good?

Cheers

Depends what you want. Town centre is a shit hole. I didn't even know the outlet village was still there until my sister was going a few weeks ago.

Birmingham. Can't be that far from you?

parking is easy and cheap in swindon.

As a shopping expert! Swindons not the prettiest place but it will have all the shops you need I suspect
other than that there's always Cribbs or Cabott circus? I would recommend the train to Cabott though as parking is Ming and expensive

where is cabott circus? never heard of it

Amazon, and the stfc online shop, done all mine there, and parking was great (my arse on the sofa)

oracle in reading is good if it's not too far Tans?

thats not a bad shout that Juddie, only 45 mins or so

Cabott circus is the revamped Bristol town centre some really good different shops 

Nah too far

Nah its Brizzle

This was my preferred method this year.

I don't need to do any christmas shopping. Happy days.

Isn't that where Jessica Fletcher lives?

eugh I just went to Tesco on my lunch break - It was gross! god its only the 8th December

Go to Cabots on a Sunday - shops are great to be fair and parking is cheap as chips !!

We went last Sunday and it was £2 all day in the main Cabots Car Park - we were there for almost 6 hours !!

They also have a FAB German Market there at the moment - might be more on the Sausage thread but they do a mean Bratwurst !!

Do you realise just how gay that last post sounded sheepshagger?

I didn't until I just read it back  :-[

I am considering a retraction - but I am now far too embarrassed !

I also don't remember EVER using the word FAB in my life - fuck me I'm having a bad day !!!

Cabot Circus is fine if you have a bottomless wallet.

Cribbs is manically busy at the moment, so I'm told. So 'er indoors has decided to trot around there with an 11 month old tomorrow. Followed by Ikea. Wish me luck........

I had a bottomless wallet once. All the money fell out.

All shopping is horrible - its the only thing worse than work.

Couldn't agree more. Unless its for something i particually want.

haha, twice in one day you big poof.

Ah bollocks  :D

Went to the Designer Outlet Village last night, got wife's Xmas pressies all in one shop (Automony), bloody good value I thought.  An all wool winter's coat, reduced from £100 to £10, a small jacket reduced from £55 to £15 and a pair of trousers reduced from £29 to £6!  £31 and all sorted, only £1 to park for up to five hours.  Must remember to take the price tags off, she will think I have pushed the boat out!!

I am going to the Trafford Centre at the weekend to finish mine off.  I bloody love that place!

A few years back I did a router install contract for JD Sports, I visited just about every shopping centre in the UK. I completely agree with you Luci - awesome place.

I'm only going for the food court :D

Is there still an Outlet Village at Bicester?

Yes.

Yes and its shit, expensive and full of cunts

But the Diesel shop is good...

For me, Bluewater is where its at. Although full of Cockney's a lot of the time.

I dont wanna sound like a queer or nothing, but lakeside was impressive

lakesides alright

But I got very tired by the time I had walked round it

What annoyed me was I went to Lakeside and brought something in New Look! I could have done that in Bloody Chippenham

I'd second that (or third it after Juddie.)  We use Guildford and Reading most often.  The Oracle is mainly chains but, unlike Swindon, you do get the high end chains/department stores and a fairly decent (if small) selection of independents as well.

Gone downhill since I left that place I see.......

On the subject of shopping, my daughter wants a nintendo ds.What are they like any good? what sort of price are we looking at? i'm shit at computer stuff so don't know good deals or not tbh

Did you enjoy the darts?

The most impressive thing about Lakeside was that there were some very tidy looking girls there, much to my surprise.

Did you go when JFW was there?  ;)

Not a girl any more, doesn't qualify.

Thanks SO much uncle Alan!  :cry: