Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Shopping Day!

Today we went first to the town of Lubon just south of Pozna艅 to the Factory to look for a new coat. It's about a 20 minute drive from our flat and easy to get to, just south of the A2 motorway. Not knowing they didn't open until 11:00 we arrived early and had to wait about 20 minutes.

The factory is a small shopping mall, a discount mall. FACTORY OUTLET is a place where you can buy designer clothes at prices ranging from 30% to 70% lower than in other stores. In the FACTORY you can find shops including: Adidas, Nike, Puma, Reebok, Calvin Klein, Mango, Reserved, House, Diverse, Calzedonia, Tommy Hilfiger and others. There may be about 50-60 separate stores, all on one floor, so it's easy to get around.

Not knowing which store my friend bought her son's coat I called her and asked the name of the store. She told me she thought it was Tom Taylor so we went there first to have a look at coats.  I tried on several and was satisfied with the one in the above picture.  The original cost was 500zl but it was being sold for 250zl, a 50% discount. It has 6 outside pockets, 2 inside pockets and a zipper closure. I didn't want buttons and was happy the pockets all had snaps.

About 12:00 we went to the British Library in Pozna艅 to return two books and Joan selected another one for reading this next month. Currently she's enjoying the writing of the British author, Jeffrey Archer.  I didn't take any new books because I spend most of my free time studying Polish and have little time for any other reading.  I'm talking with four people of Skype in Polish and between Polish lessons, homework and conversations my time is filled.

From the library we went to King Cross for food shopping and we spent 140zl this week.

Dzisiaj poszli艣my najpierw do miasta Lubo艅 na po艂udnie od Poznania do Fabryki szuka膰 nowego p艂aszcza. To oko艂o 20 minut jazdy od naszego mieszkania i 艂atwo dosta膰 si臋 do, na po艂udnie od autostrady A2. Nie wiedz膮c, 偶e nie otwarte do 11:00 przyjechali艣my wcze艣nie i musieli艣my czeka膰 oko艂o 20 minut.

Fabryka jest ma艂e centrum handlowe, centrum handlowe rabatu. Factory Outlet to miejsce, gdzie mo偶na kupi膰 markowe ubrania w cenach od 30% do 70% ni偶sze ni偶 w innych sklepach. W fabryce  mo偶na znale藕膰 sklepy takie jak: Adidas, Nike, Puma, Reebok, Calvin Klein, Mango, Reserved, House, Diverse, Calzedonia, Tommy Hilfiger i inne. Nie mo偶e by膰 o 50-60 oddzielnych sklep贸w, wszystko na jednym pi臋trze, wi臋c jest 艂atwo si臋 porusza膰.

Nie wiedz膮c, co m贸j przyjaciel kupi艂a sklep syna p艂aszcz Zadzwoni艂em do niej i zapyta艂 nazw臋 sklepu. Powiedzia艂a mi, 偶e my艣la艂a, 偶e to Tom Taylor wi臋c poszli艣my tam pierwszy spojrze膰 na p艂aszcze. Pr贸bowa艂em na kilku i by艂 zadowolony z tego, w powy偶szym obrazku.Oryginalny koszt by艂 500z艂 ale by艂 sprzedawany za 250z艂, zni偶ka 50%. Posiada 6 kieszeni zewn臋trznych, 2 kieszenie wewn臋trzne oraz zamkni臋cie na zamek b艂yskawiczny. Nie chcia艂em, przyciski i by艂 szcz臋艣liwy kieszenie wszyscy ju偶 zaskoczy.

O 12:00 poszli艣my do Biblioteki Brytyjskiej w Poznaniu, aby powr贸ci膰 dwie ksi膮偶ki i Joan wybrano inn膮 do czytania to w przysz艂ym miesi膮cu. Obecnie ona cieszy膰 si臋 pisanie brytyjskiego autora, Jeffrey Archer. Nie bra艂em 偶adnych nowych ksi膮偶ek, bo sp臋dzam wi臋kszo艣膰 mojego wolnego czasu studiuje polski i za ma艂o czasu dla innego czytania. Rozmawiam z czterema osobami na Skype w j臋zyku polskim i mi臋dzy polskiej lekcji, pracy domowej i rozmowy m贸j czas jest wype艂niony.

Z biblioteki poszli艣my do King Cross na zakupy 偶ywno艣ci i sp臋dzili艣my 140z艂 w tym tygodniu.