While I was shopping around in York, I came across Cath Kidtson and I got a little overly excited.  My English friends probably thought I was a little strange.  But anyhow, I proceeded to go in and they told me they were closed.  And asked me to come back the next day, which happened to be the day I was leaving.  I begged them to let me in and they said to come back later in the day and they might be open.  Well I did go back and I was in luck, it was open.  In fact that day was the grand opening of the store!  Now, the one mistake I made was to ask the lady in the store if I could take some pictures.  She told me no.  I have always been one to ask permission but after this I might just turn into those that believe it is better to ask forgiveness than permission.  Here are a few shots I managed from the store window while they were still setting up.  The colors are GORGEOUS and so inspiring.  I especially love the pink vanity and then all of the colored bins in the pictures below.  

This next store, Wild Hart, was a sweet one.  They had all kinds of cute little things.  The kind of store you could spend quite some time wondering around looking at small interesting things.

I bought some really fun mugs, like the ones below.  They have all kind of fun little names/descriptions on them and they are made in England.  The ones I bought say, “Posh Totty” and “Anorak.”  Both really British.  I bought the Anorak one for my husband as a joke. I’m told it means kind of nerd or train spotter as my English friends have informed us in the past.  But really my husband is anything but a train spotter so I probably should of stuck with the one that said “Alpha Male!”  Oh well!

Just one final cute little store front.  A fun little clothing boutique called “Boho Belle.”