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Sophie Kinsella is a writer and former financial journalist. She is very, very careful with her money and only occasionally finds herself queuing outside the Whistles sale. Her relationship with her bank manager is excellent. She is the author of the bestselling 'Shopaholic' series: The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic, Shopaholic Abroad and Shopaholic Ties the Knot, as well as the bestselling Can You Keep a Secret?, all published by Black Swan.
www.booksattransworld.co.uk
Also by Sophie Kinsella
SHOPAHOLIC ABROAD
SHOPAHOLIC TIES THE KNOT
CAN YOU KEEP A SECRET?
and published by Black Swan
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ISBN 9781409081012
Version 1.0
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THE SECRET DREAMWORLD OF A SHOPAHOLIC
A BLACK SWAN BOOK
ISBN: 9781409081012
Version 1.0
First publication in Great Britain
PRINTING HISTORY
Black Swan edition published 2000
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Copyright Sophie Kinsella 2000
The right of Sophie Kinsella to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
All the characters in this book are fictitious,
and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead,
is purely coincidental.
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CPI Cox & Wyman, Reading, RG1 8EX.
This book is dedicated to my friend and agent,
Araminta Whitley.
Many thanks to Patrick Plonkington-Smythe, Linda Evans and the Transworld team, Celia Hayley, Mark Lucas and all at LAW, Nicki Kennedy and Jessica Buckman, Valerie Hoskins and Rebecca Watson, and Brian Siberell at CAA.
Special thanks to Samantha Wickham, Sarah Manser, Paul Watts, Chantal Rutherford-Brown, my wonderful family and especially Gemma, who taught me how to shop.
1 Stallion Square
London W1 3HW
Ms Rebecca Bloomwood
Flat 4
63 Jarvis Road
Bristol BS1 0DN
6 July 1997
Dear Ms Bloomwood
Congratulations! As a recent graduate of Bristol University you are undoubtedly proud of your performance.
We at Endwich are also proud of our performance as a flexible, caring bank with accounts to suit everyone. We pride ourselves particularly in our far-sighted approach when it comes to customers of calibre such as yours.
We are therefore offering you, Ms Bloomwood as a graduate a free extended overdraft facility of 2,000 during the first two years of your career. Should you decide to open an account with Endwich, this facility will be available immediately.* I do hope you decide to take advantage of this unique offer and look forward to receiving your completed form.
Once again, congratulations! Yours sincerely
Nigel Fairs
Graduate Marketing Manager
*(subject to status).
ENDWICH BECAUSE WE CARE
FULHAM BRANCH
3 Fulham Road
London SW6 9JH
Ms Rebecca Bloomwood
Flat 2
4 Burney Road
London SW6 8FD
10 September 1999
Dear Ms Bloomwood
Further to my letters of 3 May, 29 July and 14 August, you will be aware that your free graduate overdraft facility is due to end on 19 September 1999. You will also be aware that you have substantially exceeded the agreed limit of 2,000.
The current balance stands at a debit of 3,794.56.
Perhaps you would be kind enough to telephone my assistant Erica Parnell to arrange a meeting concerning this matter.
Yours sincerely
Derek Smeath
Manager
ENDWICH BECAUSE WE CARE
FULHAM BRANCH
3 Fulham RoadLondon SW6 9JH
Ms Rebecca Bloomwood
Flat 2
4 Burney Road
London SW6 8FD
22 September 1999
Dear Ms Bloomwood
I am sorry to hear that you have broken your leg.
When you have recovered, perhaps you would be kind enough to ring my assistant Erica Parnell and arrange a meeting to discuss your ongoing overdraft needs.
Yours sincerely
Derek Smeath
Manager
ENDWICH BECAUSE WE CARE
FULHAM BRANCH
3 Fulham Road
London SW6 9JH
Ms Rebecca Bloomwood
Flat 2
4 Burney Road
London SW6 8FD
17 November 1999
Dear Ms Bloomwood
I am sorry to hear that you have glandular fever.
When you have recovered, perhaps you would be kind enough to ring my assistant Erica Parnell and arrange a meeting to discuss your situation.
Yours sincerely
Derek Smeath
Manager
ENDWICH BECAUSE WE CARE
OK. Don't panic. Don't panic. It's only a VISA bill. It's a piece of paper; a few numbers. I mean, just how scary can a few numbers be?
I stare out of the office window at a bus driving down Oxford Street, willing myself to open the white envelope sitting on my cluttered desk. It's only a piece of paper, I tell myself for the thousandth time. And I'm not stupid, am I? I know exactly how much this VISA bill will be.
Sort of. Roughly.
It'll be about... 200. Three hundred, maybe. Yes, maybe three hundred. Three-fifty max.
I casually close my eyes and start to tot up. There was that suit in Jigsaw. And there was dinner with Suze at Quaglino's. And there was that gorgeous red and yellow rug. The rug was 200, come to think of it. But it was definitely worth every penny everyone's admired it. Or, at least, Suze has.
And the Jigsaw suit was on sale 30 per cent off. So that was actually saving money.
I open my eyes and reach for the bill. As my fingers hit the paper I remember new contact lenses. Ninety-five pounds. Quite a lot. But, I mean, I had to get those, didn't I? What am I supposed to do, walk around in a blur?
And I had to buy some new solutions and a cute case and some hypo-allergenic eyeliner. So that takes it up to... four hundred?
At the desk next door to mine, Clare Edwards looks up from her post. She's sorting all her letters into neat piles, just like she does every morning. She puts rubber bands round them and puts labels on them saying things like, 'Answer immediately' and 'Not urgent but respond'. I loathe Clare Edwards.
'OK, Becky?' she says.
'Fine,' I say lightly. 'Just reading a letter.'
I reach gaily into the envelope, but my fingers don't quite pull out the bill. They remain clutched around it while my mind is seized as it is every month by my secret dream.
Do you want to know about my secret dream? It's based on a story I once read in the newspaper about a mix-up at a bank. I loved this story so much, I cut it out and stuck it onto my wardrobe door. Two credit card bills were sent to the wrong people, and get this each person paid the wrong bill without realizing. They paid off each other's bills
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