Having been a fan of TK Max I am always looking for that equivalent bargain shopping experience. I haven’t quite found it yet but NOZ comes close.

I have re-found NOZ, having gone there some three years ago while doing a reccy of the area. Back then, I was put off by the smell of smoke on that outing and didn’t go back. But now new english people have arrived and have been waxing lyrical about said NOZ, so I felt it was time for another try.

Never been to NOZ? Well let me explain….

This is a shop that sells end-of-ranges, cancelled orders, end-of-promotions, ex-catalogue etc. Unfortunately, here in Fontenay-le-Comte, the shop is not set out as well as it could be. It’s a bit of a ‘bargain basket’ type store but the shop advertising assures us everything has 70-80% off.  They literally sell everything from pasta to ponchos, tie-backs to teddy bears, cat bowls to cyclamens.

A couple of weeks ago I spent a very pleasant afternoon with Lynn and Dee having a good rummage around. I picked up a lovely children’s book but looked like a poor relation compared to  Lynn and Dee’s bargain hunting.

Today though, was a different story. I bought two beautiful pastel  green bowls. Very heavy pottery and very good quality. I think had they been found in a ‘nice’ shop I would have been looking at a price tag of €7-10  for the small one alone but I paid the princely sum of €3.95  for the two!

Small pleasures……