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Cabot Circus - opening 25/09/08

I noted the other day that there will be a Nandos there.

That's what I like, something a bit different from what we had already :cool:
 
I personally can't wait :). Looking forward to the Urban Outfitters and American Apparel myself...and my guilty secret: Krispy Kreme XD. I bet they're gonna get kind of boring seeing as they'll be so close at hand, but after only being able to get them on very rare trips to Birmingham, London or Heathrow, I can't wait :D. That and the Yo Sushi and lots of other new shops to explore, it's gonna be rather fun. At least I think so anyways.

Can't wait for the bus disruption to settle down tho - pain in the proverbial ass that is.
 
House of Fraser are having a preview opening for cardholders tomorrow evening :cool:

I can't decide whether to go or not, it's at 6.30 and I'll have to work late.
 
I went to the HoF clearance sale in their old shop. They had shirts, for example, reduced from £220 to £120. Who the hell pays £200 for a shirt? I was shocked.
 
big eejit said:
I went to the HoF clearance sale in their old shop. They had shirts, for example, reduced from £220 to £120. Who the hell pays £200 for a shirt? I was shocked.
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I went to the last hour of that on the saturday. Utter carnage, but oddly cool as i'd had a couple of pints and turned 'Ok Computer' by Radiohead up loud on my headphones. The sight of people fighting over 20p side plates and the utter wreckage left by the rest of the organised looting that day was really quite cool with that soundtrack.

Are people seriously excited by the opening of what is basically just the same shopping centre most other cities in the UK got years ago though? Really? I really, honestly don't see how it's in the least bit exciting at all. It's just some shops. If you want something that badly, just buy it on the internet.

Sure, if Bristol was one of the first cities to get this level of 'shopping experience' then great, but it's one of the last. Just as we head into recession and people start to want to shop more locally anyway. Go us.
 
Gerry1time said:
Are people seriously excited by the opening of what is basically just the same shopping centre most other cities in the UK got years ago though? Really? I really, honestly don't see how it's in the least bit exciting at all. It's just some shops. If you want something that badly, just buy it on the internet.
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You have to pay to get things delivered from the internet (usually) and if they don't fit, you have to pay to send them back.

I enjoy shopping - I can easily spend a few hours mooching around shops without spending a lot of money.

I'm not really getting your point about 'shopping locally' either.
 
I'm crap at shopping, I find it boring. I walk into the first shop, find what I want and buy it.

I don't understand the idea of window shopping!
 
Geri said:
House of Fraser are having a preview opening for cardholders tomorrow evening :cool:

I can't decide whether to go or not, it's at 6.30 and I'll have to work late.
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Come along! Tonight went well and tomorrow should be nice too. There was LOTS of free drink. :cool: (though not for staff :( )

But errmm, 6.30??? I've been told 4.30-9pm. :confused: I wish HOF would make up their mind. :mad:
 
Yu_Gi_Oh said:
Come along! Tonight went well and tomorrow should be nice too. There was LOTS of free drink. :cool: (though not for staff :( )

But errmm, 6.30??? I've been told 4.30-9pm. :confused: I wish HOF would make up their mind. :mad:
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What were all those people doing Saturday afternoon all crowded together outside ?
 
Yu_Gi_Oh said:
Come along! Tonight went well and tomorrow should be nice too. There was LOTS of free drink. :cool: (though not for staff :( )

But errmm, 6.30??? I've been told 4.30-9pm. :confused: I wish HOF would make up their mind. :mad:
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What happened last night?

How can I find the time out? It said 6.30 in the paper - don't want to stay at work late if I don't have to!

Edit - have a look at this:

http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/news...bot-Circus/article-348147-detail/article.html

Is the Sophie Ellis Bextor thing tonight? I'm not sure if I want to go now, I'd better dress up a bit! :eek:
 
Nooo, the big event is Thursday when we open to the public and that's when Sophie Ellis Bextor is coming.

I just remembered, the first hour or so tonight is press only so I guess it maybe is open to Fraser Card holders from 6.30 on...HOF are quite tight-lipped with their info. :D

Last night was Friends and Family, very quiet and chilled. :)
 
I saw the lights on in House of Fraser last night. . .

Then had to slalom my way through every fucking traffic cone in Bristol which seem to be attracted to the bright lights and had set itself up as a sort of contraflow with lots of holes in it and no clear directions

Which was nice
 
Was just down that way this morning, seems they were taking in / inducting the new shop staff in batches. They were all wearing fluorescent safety jackets though, which seems to imply the thing's not actually ready yet.
 
I was stuck on a train back to Bristol from Newport with some incredibly obnoxious little cows who were rattling on about 'xara training'.

Whether they shipped them to Cardiff for this training because the Bristol store wasn't ready or because they were obnoxious little cows isn't clear.
 
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