The Best Boutique in London
(according to my wife)
Words may come in and out of style, but the words we sell are timeless.
-Boutique Etymology
There is a boutique in London just northwest of the High Street Kensington tube station where my wife likes to shop for words.
Whenever I suggest they cost too much, she looks up at me with her doe brown eyes and says,
“But they’re such pretty words…”
It’s a brilliant business. They only sell complete outfits, and strongly recommend accessories for each ensemble, like commas and m-dashes. I’m no fashionista (or fan of the upsell), but I agree that the accessories can truly make or break the look.
I bought my wife many words at that boutique over the years. She resented that I eventually needed to steal the money to afford them and spent many years in prison for it. But I did it for her.
I’m out now, and I still take her to the boutique, when I can come by our purchases honestly of course.
Unfortunately, I’ve come to find no matter how many words I buy now, I’ll never truly finish my sentence.
