Boutique Browsers Gifts

Customer Convention

Two women wearing identical dresses head toward exchange window at department store.

"Oh to be young and in love and wear things cut on the bias."

Great British Eccentrics.

The practical psychopath

"Never mind, Harry. Just remember, the 'Saturday Review' loved it."

"It's black, but it's not New York black."

Myths and legends...

"It's felt to be his most thought provoking work."

"Some fitting room. Nothing fits!"

"It's the only way I can justify buying so many shoes."

Bookstore. The Stock Market for Dummies. It's either an instructional guide or a history of recent economics.

The Big Book of Suspicious Crawl Spaces

"I want that dressing-room mirror fired."

Gallery book shop - Rodin's Browser

"Did you ask for the large print edition?"

"'Best wishes'? That's it? That's all you got?!"

A sign outside a bookstore reads: "Meet the people in the bookstore cafe staring at their laptops 2-4 p.m."

Self Help and Self Hindrance Books

"Secondhand books, reheated coffee"

Face Painting.

Shakespeare reading.

The New Yorker Book of Cartoons that No One Can Understand

The Mousetrap, by Agatha Christie

Books: Names That Will Make Your Child Hate You!

Orthopedics. Pediatrics. Stuff they never taught your in nursing school.

"I'm looking for a nice basic piece of clothing that can fulfill every need I have."

World politics book: Who's taking out whom

Joseph, returns his coat of many colours: 'Can I exchange this? It clashes with everything?'

"I shop to forget what I bought last year."

Women's and men's magazines.

"It's two sizes too big, but it fits."

Political Science. Politicized Science. Stem Cell Research. The Morning After Pill. Global Warming. Air Quality.

"You sure know how to talk to sales clerks!"

I'm not buying a $25 set of boring hooded towels off a big box store baby shower registry. Mom fights the man! The local baby boutique will have a hipper selection. So true! Catch those adorable all-organic, artist-designed towels! Cute! And only $55 each! My pretentions are never cheap!