IT'S NEARLY MARCH........

Well ladies as I sit here it's trying to snow and ( excuse my language ) it's bloody cold !!!!!!

But we're nearly there.....this time next week it will be March !!!!! Yippee !!!!!!!

And then we'll get those lovely soft Spring days with blue skies and soft billowy clouds. The Daffodils will be out in full force with their burst of sunshine yellow brightening and lifting our hearts!!!! Oh the promise of things to come.....bliss !!!!!!!

On my last blog I wrote about the roadworks and the chaos it was causing !!! But we were all pleased when last week the contractors came round to all the shops to let us know that they were finished two weeks ahead of schedule and the roads were going to be back to normal for the weekend....hurrah !!!!! How often do you hear of works being finished early ????? Hardly ever !!!!

I hope all you lovely ladies with little ones have had a good Half Term week, at least the weather has been dry, if a little cold, so you could get out and about rather than have them running riot indoors !!!!! I remember those days well.

Tomorrow we have the fab Farmers Market in town, a good opportunity to get lovely local cheese, flour, plants, fish, pies, wooden goods and so much more !!! And if you get cold you can come and warm up in our shop while browsing at all the scrummy new things we've had in........

We've just had our famous Toni Pons shoes delivered !!! And we've added some new styles this year, which are divine!! Our La Badia pumps are due in next week !!!!! Also just delivered and ready for the weekend a wonderful new scarf range for us by Jo Edwards. She is renowned for her exquisite embroidery and use of colour, you just have to come and have a look !!!! And ladies as I said in my last blog you can wear all those lovely Spring clothes you see in the shops, you just have to layer them!!! We're here to help if you're not too sure about how to achieve the look!!!

Laura and I are going to be starting on a big adventure by re-launching our website!!!! Keep an eye open for it as its going to be great !!! Lots of hard work on our part, but fun at the same time!!!

Take care and keep warm

Louise

DON'T PANIC, DON'T PANIC.........

And a very apt title to this blog ladies, as there's much to panic about in February!!!!!

Laura and I are doing our best not to panic but we need a little help from you, our lovely customers!!!!!!

Let me tell you why we're trying not to panic and run round like headless chickens ( wish I could insert a pic of one of our Jellycat Matilda hens here!!)

Well for a start it's February and everyone hates February!!! We've managed to get through January and we think yes Spring is finally on it's way!!!! All the lovely Spring clothes are in the shops with their fab colours, gorgeous materials and their sense of fun!!! The Snowdrops are out, the daffodils are poking their heads through and the catkins can be seen on the trees. You're fed up wearing your Winter clothes and can't wait to indulge your cravings for some Spring outfits!! But February has other ideas, believe me it has! Take today for instance, the wind is howling down from the North and it's bitter and there is snow further up the country!!!!!!! But on the brighter side at least the sun is shining, which always cheers everyone up and February is a short month!!! But best of all, you can wear Spring clothes now!! How I hear you ask??? Well I let you into the secret shall I!!! LAYERING!!! And here in Therapy we are experts at it. So come along and let us show you how it can be done!!!

And that brings me on nicely to the other thing that Laura and I are having a major panic about ROADWORKS!!!!!

Now I know a lot of you will have heard word of mouth, from friends, read in the papers and seen the signs for these roadworks in Petworth!!! But it's really not that bad, really it's not!! I don't live in the town and drive in each day and it has not affected me at all. If you're coming to Petworth from Northchapel/Chiddingfold you have nothing to worry about, the roadworks will not affect you at all. If you're coming from Fittleworth/Pulborough it won't affect you until you leave the town and instead of turning left and then left again out of the car park you just have to do a left and a right and follow the one way system and head back out on the road that takes you past ' The Welldiggers' pub!!! Now if you're coming from the Midhurst/Chichester way you do have to take a little detour, but it's not too far!!! And I will say one thing, if you know Grove Lane as a shortcut, don't use it, there are too many cars parked on the sides of the road and it's two way traffic, it takes longer than if you used the road past 'The Welldiggers', which is where the detour takes you!!!! Just don't turn right at the pub! I know the sign says to and the other one says 'Road Closed', but to get into the town centre and the car park, you just go straight on!!! And they've said that the roadworks are going on until February 25th!!!

PLEASE DON'T ABANDON PETWORTH!!!!


Make a day of visiting the town! We have some fabulous eateries now, two delicatessens (which are the talk of Sussex at the moment), four ladies boutiques, a fab menswear shop, a lingerie shop to die for, a book lovers idea of heaven in the bookshop, two butchers, a haberdashery shop, two florists ( one being the renowned 'Spriggs') and of course all the antiques shops which Petworth is known for!!!

So please persevere with us and come and see us for a touch of Spring and a cheery smile.

Take care

Louise

SNOW........

Hello Ladies

Hope you are all surviving this cold snowy weather!!!

Well the SALE has gone really well and we have now done the final markdowns, so come and grab those last few bargains!!!!

New stock is arriving thick and fast! Gorgeous colours and prints! Oh and the Cashmere is to die for, though as we only have one in each size of the eight designs we have, they are not hanging about!!!! Our brand new collection for this season from Noa Noa has started to arrive, so if you are not familiar with this make come and have a look at how scrummy it is!!!! And if you do know the brand then get it before we sell out!!!!

With the snow still hanging around our resident 'Pam Ayres', has written us a little poem....

SNOW

The snow for now has gone away,
With reports of more to come.
And so our fears we must alay,
Until we know we have some.


Ice and slush we can do without,
For danger is too close.
No broken bones I hear you shout,
Nor colds and flu to dose.


So let us hope the sun will shine,
And chase away the snows.
Although it's lovely at the time,
We are all delighted when it goes!


She will kill me for putting this on the blog!!! I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did!

So it's nearly the end of January and we would be delighted to see you all, we're still here come rain or shine or snow!!!

Take care

Louise

SALE!

Hello Ladies

First of all let me wish you all a very Happy New Year.

And secondly let me apologise for not having written a blog for so long. What with December being so busy, right from the first weekend with our town late night opening event, which was a great success. I really just do not know where the time went!!!! I know excuses excuses!!!!!!!

So as you can see from the photo we have started our famous SALE!!!!!! You haven't left it too late as we only started the sale on Saturday 29th December, so today is only the fourth day of the sale!!!! Hurry on down!!! We have just done some further markdowns today!!!!!!

If the sale is not your cup of tea then fear not!!

NEW SEASON STOCK IS IN STORE NOW!!!!!

We have had all our lovely cashmere in, and it is selling very quickly, as always!!! The colours are out of this world! V-neck jumpers in four different colours :- Apple Green, Turquoise, Yellow and Grey. V- neck cardigans in two stunning colours :- Fuschia Pink and Apple Green. And some fabulous long-line tunics in an ombre Pink and ombre Blue, both with an over pattern of Paisley, they really are stunning!!!

Our famous Jackpot stock is out on the shopfloor in our basement area with some scrummy knits and t-shirts. Also we have some skirts and trousers in a lovely blue with a black spot, such fun!!!!

We get new stock delivered nearly everyday at this time of year, so keep popping in and see what goodies we have!!! You don't want to miss out. As you know once it's gone it's gone!!!!!

Hopefully ladies will see an improvement in my blogging this year ( one of my new year resolutions ) as I am investing in a proper computer which I will be able to put photos onto the blog with and change font, colours, layout etc!!! Oh God who knows what I'll get up to, there'll be no stopping me........

LATE NIGHT OPENING......

Hello Ladies

Hope you are all well and getting to grips the Christmas Shopping!!!!!!!!

Well it is that time of year. I've worked out that I only have 9 days off until Christmas, and that's not including Sunday 23rd!!! I really ought to get my arse into gear and get on with the present buying! Don't get me wrong, I love Christmas and all the buying, wrapping and putting decorations up! But it's coming up with the ideas of what to buy people. The female members of the family are no problem, they're easy and fun to buy for, but my family is dominated by men and boys!!!! Oh hell!!!!!! It's just so hard!!! My husband is a joy to buy for and I always have far too many ideas for him. So I have 14 male members of the family to buy for and only 5 female members of the family!!! I really won't have any hair left this year!!!! So if any of you have got good ideas for teenage/twentysomethings male presents please let me know!!!!

So onto the subject of late night opening....

Petworth does this for one night only! And it is always on the first Saturday in December, so this year it is on Saturday 1st December!!

It is a fantastic day. Yes I didnt type it wrong! The town has special things going on all day.

Let me give you a taster of what's going on....

From 11.00 am
Stalls in The Leconfield Hall, Market Square and Lombard Street

Children's Funfair


From 4.00 pm
Music in Golden Square


From 4.00-6.00 pm
Roving Magician and Juggler


From 5.00-8.00 pm
Father Christmas Grotto
"Live" Windows
Spirit FM

6.30 pm
Lights Switch-on by Lord Egremont


Plus there will be Carols round the Christmas Tree with mulled wine and Mince Pies!!

All the shops will be open until 8.00 pm. They will all have nibbles and drink!!! It really is a fantastic day and quite magical. So put the date in your diaries, come along and see what makes us so special. Make the start of December the start of your Christmas!!!!!

ONLY 8 SUNDAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS..........

Hello Ladies

Yes it's a scary thought, but there are only 8 SUNDAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!

Don't panic, don't panic!!!!!!

Here at Therapy we've got it all sorted for you! We've done all the hard work for you, so you can relax and enjoy your present buying!

We are trying something for the very first time......eekkk!!!!!

We have changed the front of the shop to a gift area. We've got it all laid out for you, or your husband, to find that extra special something that you won't find on the high street!!



We've got Avoca blankets, scarves, gloves, socks, bags, soaps and candles. Disaster purses and bracelets. Jellycat soft toys. CSM cashmere jumpers. Urban Knit slippers and socks. Echo scarves and gloves. Tantrend jewellery, bags and scarves. Lovett jewellery. Oh my god I could fill the whole page but I won't!!

Not forgetting the rest of the shop which still has all our fab clothes in!

So come on ladies don't battle with the high street come and visit us in the lovely market town of Petworth. There are some great places to have a coffee or a bite to eat. More shops here than you think. And to be frank it's quite a magical place!!!

So come & visit us soon,

Louise x

THERAPY.......

Hello Ladies

Hope you are all well on this lovely sunny Autumn day!

I was just thinking about the name of the shop "Therapy" and how this word can mean different things to different people!

I decided to take a look at Wikipedia and see what they came up with:-

Therapy:- Therapy or treatment, is the attempted remediation of a health problem, usually following a diagnosis. In the medical field, it is synonymous with the word "treatment". Among psychologists, the term may refer specifically to pyschotherapy or "talk therapy".


Retail Therapy:- Retail Therapy is shopping with the primary purpose of improving the buyer's mood or disposition. Often seen in people during periods of depression or transition, it is normally a short-lived habit, items purchased during periods of retail therapy are sometimes referred to as "comfort buys".
Retail therapy was first used as a term in the 1980s with the first reference being this sentence in The Chicago Tribune of Christmas 1986: "We've become a nation measuring out our lives in shopping bags and nursing our psychic ills through retail therapy".


Well I for one don't agree with the one about retail therapy! What do you think?

I know when I go shopping I am partaking in retail therapy, I am not depressed or going through a period of transition, I am doing something different to my job or just being at home. I am enjoying the atmosphere, the chat, the looking, the touching and the fact that I am somewhere different. I think the sentence that appeared in the newspaper is very narrow-minded for the century we live in now and the term retail therapy has changed completely! It is the new word for SHOPPING!!!!!!!!!!!! Something us housewives have had to do for years!


But then calling the shop Therapy has come to mean something different to me as well. When I first started working here I just thought "oh yes, retail therapy" and that was that. But now nearly seven years on it is something else.

We have our regular customers who pop in maybe two or three times a week and customers who only come in three or four times a year, but each of them comes in for a little
therapy! Be it "retail" or "talk therapy"! It makes us really happy to think that our customers feel comfortable enough with us to yes " get things of their chest" if they need to, even get a hug if they need one or come to see us for a bit of cheering up!
And it has opened my eyes to how a smile or a kind word can mean so much to so many people.

So if you need a little "retail" therapy or some "talk" therapy we are here!


We have just had all our new Avoca Scarves, Gloves and Socks in, they are so soft and snuggly, that they feel like your wearing a hug all the time! All our soft Cashmere knits are flying off the shelves now and won't be around for much longer. So hurry on down to see us.



BECAUSE EVERY WOMAN NEEDS A LITTLE THERAPY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Take care