Hi Everyone
Hope you are all well. Spring has come to Mevagissey at last and as I type, Rose is sunbathing on the bench outside the shop for the first time this year. Although she is wearing fishnet tights and a lace top………… this could lead to a very interesting looking suntan by the end of the day.
We have so much new stuff for you to see that it has (for the first time ever) spilled onto 3 pages and includes lots of our new summer clothing.
http://www.lavenderpillow.co.uk/Whats_new.html and don’t forget that if you see anything you can’t resist, you only need to give us a call on 01726 844689 or drop us an email and we can put most items in the post.
Or if you want to see the whole site, go to www.lavenderpillow.co.uk
We have also finally got around to sorting out the Clothing section on the website and have made it easier to find what you are looking for. If we are really lucky we might even get time to add some more meaningful descriptions to the pictures including sizes and colours over the next few weeks. This should make mail order a bit easier for those who are interested. http://www.lavenderpillow.co.uk/clothing.html
We are now looking forward to our 4 th summer season in Mevagissey and have just negotiated a new 16 year lease on the shop so you can all rest assured that we intend to be here for a long time. Particularly as we seem to have been welcomed with open arms by the locals. This was made very evident one Sunday morning a few months ago when Bazz was walking from the car park to the shop. There he was, unshaven and with bloodshot eyes (due to the previous nights over indulgence) in his full length leather coat, wearing studded fingerless gloves, a t-shirt with a scantily clad vampire girlie on the front, winkle picker boots with bat buckles all up the leg, a large pentagram hanging round his neck and his long red streaked hair trailing behind him in the wind. He looked just like a bad guy from a gothic horror movie. He saw two little old ladies clattering down the road towards him on zimmer frames on their way to church for morning service. They looked at Bazz doing his best angel of death impression and one of them fixed him with an unflinching stare and said……… “hello dear, how are you? it’s a lovely morning isn’t it.” …………… Bazz slouched off to the shop feeling a little deflated and wondering what more he could do to appear menacing and evil…….
Things are no better for Rose either. Just this morning we pulled up outside the shop and she stepped out of the van (which is plastered with bats and pentagrams) swathed in acres of purple and black lace and velvet, looking like a Hammer house of horror vampire. Two old ladies stopped and stared and said……… “OOOOO! You do look lovely this morning….. But you look lovely every morning. You have such wonderful clothes.”
We are beginning to wonder just what we have to do to create a bit of controversy or notoriety in the village. You would think a couple of eccentric Pagan Goths descending on a sleepy Cornish fishing village, selling very odd items from a shop with a purple witch hanging outside would provoke some reaction. However we have discovered over the last few years that Mevagissey is a wonderful place full of interesting people and it’s nowhere near as sleepy as people might think. We have also been pleasantly surprised to find just how many Pagans, alternative therapists, clairvoyants and practicing witches there are in the village.
So having failed miserably to provoke any controversy in Mevagissey we might as well try to generate some in our newsletter and open up the great “What do you want from the chip shop?” debate…….. Let me explain….. During the busy summer months, the shop is open anything up to 12 hours a day 7 days a week and we don’t get much time for cooking. So, we spend several months relying on the local chippie and the Chinese takeaway to keep life and soul together. The pre dinner conversation goes something like this.
Bazz “What do you want from the chippie”
Rose “I’ll have a small Cod”
Bazz “Do you want any chips with it”
Rose “No, I’ll just have a few of yours”
Bazz “OK so why don’t I get two portions of chips”
Rose “No I don’t want a whole portion”
Rose is thinking she only wants a couple of chips because she wants to lose a few pounds……… Bazz knows that once Rose has had a couple of really yummy chips she will want just 3 or 4 more…. Then maybe another half dozen……. Do we need to go on….. This results in a situation where Bazz still feels hungry and Rose feels guilty about eating so many of his chips…… It’s an all too common problem and we are sure you have all been there.
But there is an answer. We should start a campaign to encourage all chippies to sell a special “I’ll just have a few of yours” size portion of chips (which equates to about a third of a normal portion). So, the next time you visit the chippie, try to explain to them that there is a real need for this size portion. It makes sense as they will sell far more chips than normal and help reduce the amount of hunger and guilt experienced all across the country.
So that’s this months rant over. Although judging by the response we get to our newsletters, many of you look forward to our monthly rantings and rambling. Others have suggested that Bazz is turning into a “Grumpy Old Man”. They are probably right, particularly as Bazz has his much dreaded 50 th birthday coming up this year and is very grumpy about it.
However there is a plus side to Bazz turning 50……… This will mean that once we are both over 50 (Rose is 56 this year) we are eligible to go on one of those wonderful Saga Holidays which are designed for mature couples who don’t want their holiday spoilt by rowdy, noisy, weirdos and rabblerousers. We are really looking forward to it….. Bazz is already trying to decide which of his guitars to take and Rose is choosing a few Def Metal CDs she can take to play on her huge ghetto blaster. I think we will fit in really well and make lots of new friends. Who wouldn’t like to spend a couple of weeks sharing a holiday with such a mature refined sensible restrained couple.
However, when you think about it….. anybody who is in their 50’s grew up in the 1960’s which was the decade of sex, drugs and rock and roll…….. Maybe these Saga holidays are just a front for aging hippies to take part in drunken, drug fuelled orgies….. We will just have to investigate and let you know………..
We would like to pause at this point to welcome all those of you who are receiving our newsletter for the first time (you are no doubt wondering what you did to deserve this). But if for any reason you do not wish to receive our newsletters in the future, please reply to this email with the words “I think Saga Holidays are great and I do not wish to receive any more emails from irreverent and disrespectful people like you” in the subject field and we will remove you from our mailing list immediately.
We have had a few complaints that we have not included any hearses on our Goth motors page. So, ever eager to please our customers, we have hunted down a huge collection of some of the most beautiful hearses in the world and added a new hearse page to the site. There are some amazing vehicles on this page and we know some of you are just dieing to see them. http://www.lavenderpillow.co.uk/Hearses.html
So on that cheerful note, we will leave you to browse through all the new goodies on the what’s new page until next month
Bright Blessings from
Bazz & Rose
The Lavender Pillow
