Kiara's Story
Shopping in Hogsmeade
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lang=EN-GB>Chapter 14: Shopping in Hogsmeade
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lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Kiarastyle='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> and her friends were up early on Saturday,
eager to go shopping. class=SpellE>Kiara, like many girls, loved to shop, while the other
girls had definite plans. Once in
Hogsmeade, Kiara joined her friends in the jewellery
store. She helped Melanie pick out a
small sapphire pendant with matching earrings, which would go well with
Melanie’s blue velvet dress robes.
Rosie’s choice was an amber pendant with a matching bracelet, since she
didn’t wear earrings. Cordelia bought a
pearl choker necklace with matching bracelet, which would contrast nicely with
her rich brown robes. Wendy limited
herself to a pair of emerald drop earrings that matched her green robes, while
Eugenie got herself a set of garnet jewellery to match her dark, wine-red
robes.
Next, the girls went shopping for shoes.
After trying on a number of different shoes, all six decided that the
only pair that combined good looks and comfort was the soft,
ballet-style one. Kiara
ordered a pair in pale lavender, Melanie wanted dark blue, and Rosie got a pair
that was a light amber colour, almost perfectly matching her dress robes.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> Cordelia ordered hers in a brown that was a
shade darker than her robes, and Wendy and Eugenie had theirs match their dress
robes.
Their next stop was the hair salon.
Melanie decided to have her hair trimmed a little and bought a blue,
tiara-like headband. The others declined
having their hair cut or styled. class=SpellE>Kiara decided that she would leave her hair loose for the
ball, while Rosie bought a pair of amber combs.
Cordelia and Wendy decided they had hairpieces with which to style their
hair already, while Eugenie bought a device that would enable her to do her
hair up in a complicated coiled twist.
Finally, the girls dragged Kiara off to buy
make-up.
style='mso-tab-count:1'> “But…you know I don’t usually wear
make-up,” Kiara protested.
“Of course,” Rosie replied. “And
we’re not trying to imply that you need to wear make-up, but we have an
idea. Just a few
things, for highlight.” With
that, they bustled about, picking out various things.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> They got some sparkling lip-gloss for each of
them, as well as a tube of sparkling gel.
The other girls added a few more things to their pile of purchases,
including a bit of eye shadow and nail polish, then finally allowed class=SpellE>Kiara to drag them off to the bookstore.style='mso-spacerun:yes'> The girls visited nearly every shop in
Hogsmeade before returning to the Three Broomsticks for butterbeer.
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Short again, but they didn’t do all that
much in Hogsmeade. The next chapter will
be longer.
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