Clothes

Yesterday I decided to go <s>out for some </s>shopping. I wanted to buy an evening gown for Susan's party, stilettos and a coat, maybe a red one. The first shop kind of disappointed me, in fact it was too expensive and the quality of the clothes was a little low in my opinion. So I decided to change shops and go to a different one. The second shop was better, I found a very nice evening dress but it cost well over seventy euros and I could spend only just over fifty euros for the dress. However, I decided to try it on, I think it looked very good on me, but I decided not to buy it. The third shop was the best: the vast majority of the dresses cost well under sixty euros and they looked very nice, only a few of them were expensive. I bought a violet dress with long sleeves and high heeled shoes. Unfortunately, I couldn't find a coat which could suit me, but I hope to be luckier next time!

Minor Repair

I <s>have</s> got an umbrella as a gift. It is dark grey with a design of people doing some outdoor activities and there is a sign on it which says 'Go Nice Places, Do Good Things'.

I walked carrying the umbrella by its strap and waving it a bit. The strap broke <s>down</s> and the umbrella fell down.

When I got home I decided to fix it. I examined the handle and found a place where it was screwed on and started taking it apart.

I took off a cover with a button overlay out of the handle and saw the mechanism of the handle inside. The metal brace that holds two ends of the strap together was loose, and the brace cogs didn't hold the strap tightly. I bent the brace off, threw both ends of the strap in and bent it down with force, with pliers, so that the cogs got stuck in the strap.

Then I fed a loop of the strap through the hole in the cover, put the cover on and screwed it back onto the handle.

The umbrella was fixed up.