Barbara Peppers

I enjoyed a day of cheap retail therapy today. Last night we were faced with the unfortunate discovery that we had booked our flight out to Berlin in April on the wrong day, so we had to pay 50 bucks to change it; this meant that the pipe dream of buying some new junk before leaving was fading fast. However, I was able to find a pair of really decent 20 quid black jeans in H&M, a place usually devoid of any decent clothing. I also picked up a new razor, and, as Head was closing down, a large stack of CDs on the cheap. For about £18, I purchased:

Bobby Digital - Digi Snaks,

Fucked Up - The Chemistry of Common Life,

Yacht - I Believe in You. Your Magic is Real,

El Guincho - Alegranza,

Les Savy Fav - Let's Stay Friends,

Popular Workshop - We're Alive and We're Not Alone,

Aids Wolf - Cities of Glass,

Outkast - Aquemini,

Outkast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below,

White Denim - Workout Holiday,

Grampall Jookabox - Ropechain,

Abe Vigoda - Skeleton.

Pretty amazing, right? This means I'll be able to completely overhaul my rather stale iPod before our trip. I have to be sure to take my time over these though; I missed out on 36 Chambers for the longest time when I got it cheap from the Woolworths close-down sale, because I simply overlooked it and put it to one side, having only paid about 20p for it.

It's amazing, the place was just full of great CDs that they'd only just put out for sale; the staff obviously weren't interested in any of this great music, and they probably figured that the general public wouldn't be, and I guess they were pretty much right. It's nice to take when CDs are cheap enough to take a few chances, and buy things that you love but have listened to so much that you probably wouldn't bother buying on CD.