InsaneJournal

Payday!
Who: Lucy and Hannah
What: Shopping
Where: Leaky Cauldron / Diagon Alley
When: Friday
Rating: SFW

After a dose of pepperup potion and a good solid ten hours of sleep on Monday night, Lucy had almost entirely recovered from her sudden cold. Her throat was still a bit scratchy, but given that her sister had been in bed for a week when she'd come down with it, Lucy was more than willing to deal with that without complaint. What had been harder to deal with had been her lack of funds. Though she was careful with her money, there were some months when living in London on a small salary was just downright difficult - and what with transferring some of her spending money to galleons and sickles now that she was visiting Finnigan's regularly, it was hard to be sure exactly where the money was going. One of these days, she'd sit down and write herself a new Excel spreadsheet to track it all.

But today was not that day. Thursday had been payday, and Lucy's bank account was once again reassuringly full. It might not stay that way for long - what with Christmas coming up, but today at least she didn't have to worry. After leaving work, Lucy headed straight for the Leaky Cauldron. Despite six years at Hogwarts she'd never really gone Christmas shopping in the magical world. She still couldn't buy magical gifts for most of her friends, and wouldn't for her family, but there were former Hufflepuffs she was now reunited with who all had to be given presents and she was looking forward to seeing what was available.

She paused at the bar to tip out her 'wizarding' purse (actually a hanbag, galleons not fitting easily in a normal wallet), counting up how much she had to spend before she'd need to make another trip to Gringotts. She'd just finished when she glanced up and spotted a familiar face. "Hannah?" She grinned. "How are you?"