Panama hats in Wallingford

I was blogged a few weeks ago about my wish to buy a hat, possibly a Panama hat. We were visiting a few days ago in the quaint little English town of Wallingford when lo and behold, I say this window. They have a shop selling hats, including... Panama hats. Very nice, very stylish, very everything Panama hats. They sure look good. That said, I was taken aback by the pricing: the normal price of £85 is too much, even at the reduced price of £68, that is asking a lot and there are other, better ways I can spend my money, even to spoil myself. I still took this picture, just because they look stylish. Anyway, if I ever want to buy a Panama, I now know of another place to get them from.

The right shop to buy a hat?

I was walking downtown recently to buy a few top up items, when I saw one of the clothes shop and it struck me: there were straw hats for men on their mannequins. Now, as you may remember from this post and that one, I have been wanting to buy a hat for a long time, either a Panama or a fedora. or maybe something else, come to think of it, because what the hell to I know about hats. And it struck me that it could just be the shop I needed. I would not need to go online, I could be helped by someone who knows about these things and if it is not too expensive it might just be the right place. Funny that it is so close to home and that I walked pass it so often without noticing the hats in the shop windows, or even the shop itself.

Shadow of a Panama hat

Well, summertime is back and with a proper heatwave. I hope it does not last long. So to try to endure the hot weather, we all wore hats yesterday. I borrowed from my in-laws a Panama hat. I know it's a Panama hat because it says so on the label. With shades, it makes me look properly badass, like a character from a spaghetti western or something. Well, maybe not that much, but it does look cool, even for me who does not have a "suitable" head for hats of any kind. So anyway, I took this picture of my shadow yesterday. I couldn't resist. This gives the most mundane setting and circumstances some sense of drama.