Shopping

 I don’t venture into shopping centres very often.

But this weekend was my son’s birthday so I took him and his friends to a town so they could eat junk food and watch a film.

While they were there, I walked into the town centre.

hie dad still need to buy a birthday card so we went shopping for one.

First we headed for the large shopping mall as this contain a lot of shops and you would expect to be able to buy just about anything there, including a birthday card.

Well We were very wrong. Although there were indeed a lot of shops and a great variety of merchandise, there was absolutely nothing anybody could ever possibly have needed in here. And not a single birthday card. It was very bright and very crowded and all I could see everywhere was climate change.  Just massive manufacture, transport, display and selling. Lots of things were very appealing to the eye from cuddly toys To novelties. We left empty-handed and slightly worn out.

Back On the main High Street we  managed to find somewhere that sold a card. And were further tempted into buying socks, chocolate and cake! 

For me birthdays are milestones in life that are marked with memories. I am building a life with and for my child, and bonding a family. 

I want that child to have a future and I don’t want to trade his future for pointless commercialism. 

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