The Mother Of All Shopping Outlets!

Unbeknownst to Janet or Phil, the town they are staying close to has a very famous "discount" outlet - Biscester Village.  It is full of nothing but high end designer shops - Stella McCartney, Burberry, Gucci, Prada and on and on!

Janet and Phil stopped by to see what they couldn't afford to purchase.  Get this - 4 coaches from London, filled with Asians and Middle Easterners.

By accident, they drove by on Sunday and there were 8 coaches!

They even had a currency exchange - at a very favourable rate, Janet is sure!

This line in nothing compared to Sunday's line up.

This is one of about 30 toilet "suites" in the women's washroom.  Guess a gal needs space to place her shopping bags!

And, a "Contemplation Room"!  Best Janet could figure out is that is a prayer room.

There also appeared to be a foot washing station.

Like all good malls, Christmas can't come soon enough.

Please say it isn't so!

Super Chef Janet kicked it up a notch with some roasted pork belly.  It came already seasoned so all she had to do was put it in the oven for 2 1/2 hours and turn it every 30 minutes.  She tossed in some steamed veggies and fingerling potatoes.

Lunch today wasn't so hot.  It was a highly suggested eating spot by their "Good Pub Guide".  Service was really slow.

Phil had Pork Escallope with Creamy Mash.  The Creamy Mash didn't arrive with the dish and took a really long time to arrive.

Janet had Seafood Gnocchi, which was quite tasty but most of the seafood was small, canned shrimp.

Janet lied about not purchasing any more fabric.  She is just about finished hand sewing the binding on the second quilt she brought, so needed an airplane project.  She stopped into Bicester Wools for a brief moment to see if they had a little cross stitch kit she could purchase.  Forty five minutes later she left with the little kit and a "Knitty Critters" bunny kit and some quilting fabric by a British designer and made in the U.K.  Sucker!

Cute, right?

Last, but for sure not least, here is a photo Janet just came across of our beloved Rockers opening the door on his own.  Janet still mourns him and says she misses us a ton!  Janet says hello to every dog she passes whilst on vacation.

Love ya big time, big buddy!