Too much choice!

Last week we actually had a sunny, warm day here in the UK (only joking, we do actually have a few, it just seems like we don’t at the moment) and feeling lazy and wanting a day away from the desk, I took myself off for a day’s shopping in Bath.

There was no plan, and since I usually shop online these days I just wanted to have a mooch around the shops and hopefully grab a couple of nice things for the summer wardrobe. It started off so promising, and I was actually quite excited when I stepped off the bus and headed for the first shop. H&M, it’s a favourite (do you have it in the US?). I always love their neutral colours and simple styling, and have found for the price the quality is usually good.

These pull on trousers caught my eye immediately, so they went in the basket as I continued to browse. Oh good heavens, so much choice! Like, dozens of tops which were very similar in design and colour, not to mention dresses, jackets, pants. Gorgeous, gorgeous things, but simply too much to take in, at least it was for me.

So I headed to another shop which is a very popular store and one I can usually rely on with online shopping, Marks & Spencer, or M&S as they now like to be known. It’s a smaller store than some of their other branches, but here I counted so many choices in their jeans! I can remember going in years back (during a lunch break from the office) and grabbing a pair of jeans in a couple of minutes, flat. Now, there are mum jeans, girlfriend jeans, boyfriend jeans, low rise, high rise, mid rise, regular, short, extra short, long, tapered, wide, bootcut, straight, skinny, slim…I’m sure I’ve missed a couple of dozen other styles here, but you get the gist.

My head was thumping as, just an hour after I’d stepped off the bus, I stepped back on it again and headed home. I did grab a few tops in M&S, which will be handy if we ever get summer here. Mostly, I was just glad to be home and relaxing with a nice pot of tea and a Belgian bun which I grabbed while waiting for the bus.

While it’s lovely to have so many choices, it can also be overwhelming. So next time I venture into the city for some shopping, reckon I’ll make sure to have a clear idea of what I’m looking for. That might help with the overwhelm, and save me a headache, until then, online shopping it is.