The Card Shop

Literally the best value cards you can find, especially when you consider the other options in Westfields (Scribbler and Paperchase — both beautiful and extortionate). They even do a 10 cards for £1 deal which means they cost significantly less than the stamps!

The Card Shop, as it is simply called, sells cards. A large variety, I might add, and logically arranged so that you can go for the perfect message to your designated recipient. Card for your little sister? Go from the big heading of ‘Female Family Birthdays’ downwards, until you find what you’re looking for. At the front of the shop as well is a bit of an added extra in the form of very gift-​like ornaments and jewellery, although I personally don’t rate the polished glass and brass as jewellery, but it’s perfect for a low key gift — from a kid to his girlfriend, or an adult to a young female relative. The service was provided by a quavery old woman who I was endeared too a little bit when she wished me a ‘good day’ just for leaving the shop. A spring in my step it did put!