I didn't think I was going to be all that impressed with Poundtown (despite it being the original pound shop, before the big boys Poundland / Poundworld came to NI), but this was before I knew what I was going to find there.
And that was four sheets of wrapping paper for a pound. Yes, my life is now complete! Just kiddin' folks. I'm not that sad, but a) I needed wrapping paper, and my dad keeps buying that really crap stuff that tears as soon as you attempt to cut it, and b) this stuff was pretty and very good quality. How could I resist, you ask? Ha, well the answer to that is, I didn't.
I picked up four bars of this caramel chocolate stuff that everyone in my house seems to love, also for a pound (got to keep them happy somehow), and then decided that would do me. I could / would have happily dandered round for longer, but I was totally aware of the fact that I was already carrying several heavy bags, and I'm not really built for lugging weights around. There is always the danger that I'll end up buying extravagant numbers of anything and everything at a pound, so to stop myself at this stage was difficult, but had to be done.
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