Afflecks is a super affordable shopping haven with lots of gifts coming in under £10
Christmas is on the way, and with postal strikes putting shoppers off online ordering for fear goods may not arrive, many are opting for a physical shopping experience instead. Not only that, but there’s been a real shift in recent years, perhaps in part to the pandemic, with more and more people wanting to shop local and support small businesses.
With over 60 independent traders operating across three floors at any one time, the bohemian, maze-like environment is perfect for exploring and has become famous the world over. Instead of traipsing around the city for the Christmas markets, you could spend an entire day browsing the nooks and crannies of this utterly bonkers but totally beautiful building, instead.
I tried to make sure all the gifts were between £5 and £10, so that I could get the most gifts for my money. Not only that but, according to the Totally Locally campaign, if every adult in the UK spent just £5 a week in their local shops and businesses, it would be worth £13.5 billion going directly back into local towns, benefiting the economy and providing more jobs in the area, too.
In previous years I’ve often bought reconditioned CDs from Poundland for my dad for Christmas, as he has quite the collection of albums, but it seems the high street giant has recently stopped selling them, so these are such a great alternative! Meanwhile, at City & Bloom, I picked up the cutest little candle in the scent ‘Cereal Milk’, which has that deliciously sugary vanilla scent of a bowl of Frosties. The candle cost £5, bringing my total to £22 - so we were nearly half way there.
The earrings cost £12 - the same as the tea towel - bringing my spend to £37, meaning I had just £13 remaining. I was pretty confident I’d be able to get at least two more gifts, so made my way through to the LQBTQ Bookshop where I scanned the shelves to see if something would catch my eye.
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