tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1815816552670626650.post4467209904090078976..comments2015-05-18T12:20:06.917+01:00Comments on Mikkipedia: Retail Therapy - Jane Austen StyleMikoKathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01108572024761863553noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1815816552670626650.post-19498054059633529952011-01-18T21:59:21.628+00:002011-01-18T21:59:21.628+00:00It just so happens that I'm reading Pride &...It just so happens that I'm reading Pride & Prejudice at the moment and have been surprised by a scene in which Lydia (the young and somewhat foolish sister who elopes with Scandalous Mr Wickham, you will no doubt remember) purchases a ready-made bonnet from a shop. I too had thought they got everything made to order in Those Days. In fact she says she doesn't like it all that much, she only bought it because she wanted to buy something... and that she is going to trim it with ribbon to make it look nicer. So there you go. Compulsive shopping and ribbons.Fizzwhizzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11093947992541044676noreply@blogger.com