Consumer Panic
I'm not one to be told what to buy. I'm certainly not the sort of person who reads what about what we should be buying and when. I'm normally a confident "know what I want" shopper. Until recently that is. I'm not sure what is going on, I'm not sure where my shopping confidence has gone, but over the last few weeks I have followed the lemmings that are certain Kiwi shoppers and just "followed". You see over the last week or two I have bought fleecy throws, slipper socks, kids merino underwear, microfleece jumpers and wait for it - thermal underwear! I even stopped to have a look at electric blankets. HELP.
I know the reason for my strange behaviour. Kiwi Winter! I have never endured a New Zealand winter yet. NZ friends and relations, I'm sure, have lulled me into a false sense of security over the years by telling me that NZ, even Wellington, is warmer than London. I have been told so many times that Island Bay never gets a frost. I've been told the sky is very blue and you can always have plenty of time outside. I've even been told the lastest it gets dark is 5:30pm. I've been told that the only snow I will see is in the central mountain ranges. I've even been told how "settled" the Wellington winter weather is!
Well why then are the shops packed full of stuff made specifically for a long freezing cold winter. Frankly I'm scared. You just don't see shops piled high with fleeces, hot water bottles and electric blankets in the UK in late Autumn. I'm convinced, absolutely convinced that now my Kiwi friends and family have got me here I will eventually be shown one hell of a cold winter.
So the thermals are all lined up and ready. I've pre-washed the merino underwear for my daughter and I'm sitting getting ready to shiver. Wish me luck.
I know the reason for my strange behaviour. Kiwi Winter! I have never endured a New Zealand winter yet. NZ friends and relations, I'm sure, have lulled me into a false sense of security over the years by telling me that NZ, even Wellington, is warmer than London. I have been told so many times that Island Bay never gets a frost. I've been told the sky is very blue and you can always have plenty of time outside. I've even been told the lastest it gets dark is 5:30pm. I've been told that the only snow I will see is in the central mountain ranges. I've even been told how "settled" the Wellington winter weather is!
Well why then are the shops packed full of stuff made specifically for a long freezing cold winter. Frankly I'm scared. You just don't see shops piled high with fleeces, hot water bottles and electric blankets in the UK in late Autumn. I'm convinced, absolutely convinced that now my Kiwi friends and family have got me here I will eventually be shown one hell of a cold winter.
So the thermals are all lined up and ready. I've pre-washed the merino underwear for my daughter and I'm sitting getting ready to shiver. Wish me luck.
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