Some Light Shopping! (:

Amadora tightened her coat around her as she trudged through the snow towards Hogsmeade. She needed a dress for the Yule Ball. Date or not she'd still go because she wasn't prepared to sit in the Ravenclaw Tower all night wondering what it would be like in the hall. She also couldn't deal with the girls who would spend the following week gushing over the boys that they had kissed and the ones that they had danced with. She just couldn't deal with that obsession that girls seemed to have.

Dora entered Hogsmeade and looked around, her eyes darting from one side of the small village to the other before finally picking a clothes store that had a few girls inside already picking out their dresses.

Dora walked towards the shop and pushed open the door, smiling at the faint tinkle of the bronze bell above the door. She slipped inside and closed the door behind her.

The clothes shop was small by not terribly so. It had many rails of clothing and dressing rooms ready for someone to step in and change. Manikins were wearing some suggested clothing choices and Dora knew that there must have been hundreds of different dresses hiding in those shelves and rails.

Dora walked to the back of the shop and began to browse. She wasn’t exactly sure what she was looking for but whatever it was she was sure she would find it in that dress shop. There was loads in there.

Danny walked into the clothing store and started to look around the endless aisles of clothing. He sighed almost in pain. He hated going clothes shopping. But he knew he would look like a bafoon if he went to the ball with his torn up tuxedo from last years Yule Ball. Not to self: never fight during the ball again he thought in a dry thought. He walked around the aisles and accidently bumped into a girl apprently browsing the aisles as well. "Oh, pardon me," he said getting back to balance

Christabelle had made the way down into Hogsmeade for the Christmas trip. She noticed that some girls were picking out dresses for the Yule Ball but she already had one. Her mother had already sent it to her once she told her about it. She was excited about it. She continued to walk through the town deciding to walk in the little clothing store they had to look around, even though it was a bit crowded. She looked up and saw Danny as she browsed though some sweaters. She had to stifle a laugh at him bumping into a girl from her own house. "Hey." she said looking at them, "Getting a bit to crowded in here isn't it?" she asked pulling out a sweater and holding it to her chest to see how it might would look on her.

Dora turned and smiled at the Gryffindor who had bumped into her. The shop was getting crowded not and it was only time before someone started getting clumsy.
"It's fine. Don't worry about it, accidents happen."

Dora smiled again and turned back to the rail, flicking through the dresses that they had on offer there.

Danny was gonna say something to the girl but noticed Christabelle talking to him. "Oh no not at all," he said with a smile on his face "there's just too many first years here, I almost tripped on one"

Khaat went into the small clothing shop. There weren't many places to buy clothes in this village. She wanted some more clothes since taking on a couple of jobs here. She wasn't interested iin looking like a teenager. She wanted more classic styles, something that had its own quiet elegance, wasn't trendy, and stood the test of time. She knew that even though she didn't have a single wrinkle or gray hair, she was definately going to be seen as older. She hoped they didn't see her as overly ancient, though.

She avoided the mob over at the evening wear racks, and quietly smiled. The Yule Ball. She remembered the ones she went to . She went over to the racks for day wear. She had lots of jeans and cotton shirts, but she needed some skirts. She began looking through the long broomstick style skirts she liked, particularly, a black one with a little bit shimmer to it. It had a matching tunic top. She took them, and found a few other skirts and tops she liked. She had old family jewelry that she could wear with these things. She chose a pair of black leather boots with nice tall heels, and she chose them. They would be good for winter. She chose another tan pair of suede boots with chunky heels for tromping through the forest. They would match her favorite suede jacket.

She turned from clothes, handing them to a willing clerk to box up for her, and began exploring accessories. It was looking like she was buying almost a whole new wardrobe.