Market Friday - Early Christmas Shopping

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My favourite garden centre is on the Chatsworth Estate, owned by the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire. It's this time of year they start selling their Christmas decorations and it becomes like santa's grotto. So, off I went with two of my female friends.

We hardly ever buy anything as it's a bit too expensive. We just walk around looking at all the shiny things saying "HOW MUCH??"

However, one of my friends did buy one of the gift boxes. She's now got to buy a present to fit the box. I tried stopping her, because I made the same mistake in 1998. I'm still stuck with that bloody box!

My friend’s husband wanted some winter pansies. My friend couldn't be bothered to take any back for him, so she pretended there wasn’t any! She took him a cream cake instead to keep him quiet. She's also been buying our silence ever since .....

#marketfriday by @dswigle.

Photos by @ellenripley - Julie S. All rights reserved.

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She will be sorry in the spring when she doesn't have those pansies coming up! I love pansies in the spring. I never want to put them in the fall though. Laziness wins over! :)

Wait! Who is going to buy my silence? Drats! I never win! Everything is expensive this year, isn't it? OMG! It is downright unaffordable. No matter what you pick up! You look on your side of the pond and I will look on mine and see what you come up with! How cool that the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire own that. Aren't worthy of a bazillion dollars? I thought they were quite well-heeled. Is it odd that they own that?

Looks like such a cute place and I have a box that is sooo old that I prebought for something. Ugh! I paid too much to just get rid of it! Thank you, Julie! This was such a fun post!

#MarketFriday has evolved over time from straight shopping to a cultural affair as it highlights how we differ and then again, how much we are alike. We have become a melting pot of culture, but, it is still the Rituals, Festivals, food, architecture, even your language/languages that separate us... Along with the fact of what is normal for where you live? These are unwritten rules that rule our social behaviors. I see this as allowing for increased tolerance between cultures and nations, and opportunities to come together on an even playing ground. A strong culture can be beneficial to a country as it promotes unity, especially during a crisis, peaceful debate, and open dialogue. I can only hope this to be true.

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I'm not a big fan of our royal family. I'm sure their palaces and stately homes are far too big for them. It will have been passed down to them through the family. I love the grounds of the Chatsworth Estate though. The grounds are lovely, especially when you see the deer. I've been coming here since I was a child.

My friend will be going down to the local market to get the pansies. Much cheaper .... and to find something to fill her box, I'm guessing!

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Christmas in a bit, it's almost here...
Let me come and join you shopping 😍💜

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My Wife did the same with a christmas box a couple of years ago and each year she is certain she will find a use for it, and I bet this year again she wont.

I dont know about your friends hubby but I would have bene happy with the cream cake lOL

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Some boxes are too nice not to buy. The problem comes later. 🙂🎁

I must confess my first choice would be the cake as well. Sod the pansies!

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Very funny shopping trip with bribes of cream cakes! Very surreal shopping for me!

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I can always guarantee a laugh when my friends are with me.

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