On line shopping the only way to go, you can try things on as many times as you want in the comfort of your own home

Quite a lot of expats here in Cyprus have been using the Tesco online shopping site. They do say, the fit is a bit snug so better to order the next size up - especially for swimwear....
I hate clothes shopping and having to always try stuff on. I'm still wearing tops that I brought from UK when we moved here 9 years ago!!!
We get clothes from so many different countries here it's a nightmare. If I find a make and style of jeans that fit - I've cracked it, and I buy 2 pairs at a time!

Sunshinehereicome wrote:

On line shopping the only way to go, you can try things on as many times as you want in the comfort of your own home :cheers

I've often ordered online sometimes with great results, other times I've had to send the whole lot back

cyprus100 wrote:

Quite a lot of expats here in Cyprus have been using the Tesco online shopping site. They do say, the fit is a bit snug so better to order the next size up - especially for swimwear....
I hate clothes shopping and having to always try stuff on. I'm still wearing tops that I brought from UK when we moved here 9 years ago!!!
We get clothes from so many different countries here it's a nightmare. If I find a make and style of jeans that fit - I've cracked it, and I buy 2 pairs at a time!

I do snoop round the supermarket clothes section as you can get some nice things at really reasonable prices. I struggle with jeans a lot as I need long length, the other week I found some nice fitting jeans from Asda. They were called something like ' bum and tum'. They have a high waist, (can't get away with low waist jeans as my spare tyres hang over the top) and the leg length just about made it. I've tried to get a back up pair since, but they haven't had my size in so far...:sulk

I have to get a 32" inside leg minimum when it comes to jeans which allows me to wear with my flip flops and trainers and up to a 1" heel at a push. If I want to wear boots with a higher heel I need a 34" inside leg and do miss the M&S Long sizes.
I could go to the M&S store (they're all franchises in Cyprus) and are ridiculous prices.

Each year for our birthday the company I work for give us a Debenhams gift card for €50 and up until last year we got one for €100 at Christmas so as my birthday is nearer to the end of each year, we used to go on a shopping spree in January. A couple of pairs of jeans each and a few tops. Whatever was left, we used to treat ourselves to something from the food hall....

Last year, my company had a change of heart and for Christmas each staff member got a voucher for a 1 night complimentary stay for 2 people on B+B in a seaview room at either the Annabelle or Almyra Hotel in Paphos.

We will be heading off to the Almyra soon enough so although I didn't get any new jeans this year, I will be having a nice breakfast in a hotel I would probably never think of booking myself.

Off to the town today and managed to get some linen trousers, long leg from M&S which thankfully, didn't have leg width the size of a sail

Got a couple of tops too. Nothing flash & I'm not doing cartwheels with excitement, there just doesn't seem to be much around that appeals to me at the moment