Special Agent EMP

Dear O'H dear and Lovely Tea Jenny,

Mary Doll was over today and was on a panic. We had been tasked with giving her ideas for Christmas presents, and with a mere 5 and a half weeks to go, this had become a pressing matter.

The Mini Princesses said they couldn’t really think of anything so Mary Doll said she would have to take them shopping next weekend to the the big shopping centre at Livingston.

The moment was almost epiphanic. A look of utter terror crossed their faces and The Mini Princesses found inspiration faster than Usain Bolt. On speed. With a rocket up his @rse.

A couple of years ago, Mary Doll took The Mini Princesses on a Christmas shopping trip. What The Mini Princesses didn’t know, and why I had opted out of this fun filled activity, was that any shopping trip with Mary Doll involves A LOT of shopping for Mary Doll. During this outing, Mary Doll has seen a coat she quite fancied. Unfortunately, at the same moment, someone took the last one in her size and headed towards the changing rooms. Mary Doll made The Eldest Mini Princess follow this woman, wait outside and report back whether or not the coat was purchased. Poor EMP came home looking slightly shell shocked.

‘I had to stalk someone in M&S’, she complained, ‘The woman didn’t buy the coat. but after all that, Granny had changed her mind about it’.

This is why I, and now my daughters, will not go shopping with Mary Doll. I am concerned that we will end up with restraining orders!

C