What a day!

Thanks to Westfields Doncaster website

Shopping with two teenage daughters, hmm, why does the word torture come to mind. Throw in a boyfriend, a brother, a girlfriend, and a husband and you’d be justified in questioning my sanity.

We had tried this sort of venture many times before, but it had always ended up in a screaming match, generally with me being the one doing the screaming. But on this occasion things were different. I’m not sure if it was because the planets were aligned or whether we were being rewarded for some combined accruement of good works, but whatever
the cause for a change it was a pleasant experience.

On arrival at the modern and stylish shopping centre daughter number two headed off with her girlfriend to roam the many rows of shops. Daughter number one, headed off with the boyfriend to build a bear.......don’t ask. So this left my husband and I to amuse our youngest child, a preteen boy who hates even the word shopping. Well after feeding him, even he happily strolled along with us. If he did happen to mention how long something was taking, this complaint was kept at bay by saying we were heading in the direction of EB games, his favourite store, which we did get to, eventually.

And if all this wasn’t enough reason to celebrate, when it was time to leave, both daughters, had their phone on and actually answered them. That is unheard of. So while we waited for them to arrive at our meeting point my husband and I even managed to grab a coffee before we set off home with everybody happy.

A truly remarkable day.