We hit Selfridges yesterday morning. Three adults + 2 kids under 4. You’d think it would be a nightmare in the boxing day sales, but it seems if you get there early enough, anything is possible!

We played ‘hide & seek’ under racks of clothes, the beautiful leather couches became trampolines and the rows upon rows of pressed mens shirts were fun to run in and out of. The only little upset came when the alarm system was activated after a curious 3 year old decided that the leather coats needed to be liberated from the wires stringing them together. It was quite a success.

2 hours later, we were packed up back in the new Toyota Verso and heading off for Dim Sum in St Johns Wood, while Gabriel continued shopping sans enfants with the elusive goal of a Paul Smith suit on sale….

The whole experience was so good, we decided to do it again this morning. Michelle arrived from Montreal at 7.30am in Heathrow, she took the Paddington express and Milene & I were there to meet her. We high-tailed it back to Selfridges, prepared ourselves with a coffee and croissant in the food hall, then hit the sales, jeans, handbags, shoes, underwear. Another successfull morning…

Will we chance it again tomorrow?