As I pulled the buggy over the threshold tonight I ran over the post. As I picked up the white envelope, now with a buggy tire mark across it, I realised it was the Liberty catalogue. It’s so glossy and sophisticated, I felt as though I was in a different world.
Surprisingly, I’m a Liberty card holder. It all happened about 10 years ago when I worked somewhere that gave proper bonuses and I bought my mum a necklace for Christmas. They obviously thought I would become a loyal customer and signed me up. Now I can barely afford a button or birthday card from Liberty but I still enjoy looking at all the shiny things that are beyond my reach.
Scarves, bags, jewellery, glasses, make up and skincare all glimmer from the pages and Liberty have been kind enough to give me £30 discount, but only when I spend £150.
The final page of the magazine is devoted to Camila Batmanghelidjh’s Kids Club as Liberty are selling cards which have been designed by some of the children Kids Company works with and Liberty will also be giving over the store front to showcasing these designs.