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Descriptive Essay About Mum

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“You’re late,” Mum shouts to me over her shoulder, as she hands the change to the customer at the counter. Rolling my eyes, I look at the clock. I’m only five minutes late but in Mum’s books if you’re not ten minutes early, you’re late. “Took me forever to find some clean work clothes,” I tell her, wrapping a black apron with the logo ‘Bev’s Place’ around my waist. “You know what would fix that?” she asks me with a raised eyebrows in mock surprise, “Doing your washing.” Thanks Mum. I never would have guessed. Mum gestures for me to take over the counter before heading to the little office, out the back behind the kitchen. Admiring my Mum’s fashion choices today, I smile. Her fashion sense is just as eccentric as this town. Her style could only be called bohemian hippy with a dash of country. She owns more long, flowy skirts than underwear and no matter what, you’ll always find her in a pair of boots. Ankle boots, heeled boots, lace-up boots, you name the style of boot and she’ll probably own a pair. Today she’s wearing a long, deep purple skirt made out of a material that resembles crepe paper with a white singlet and her favourite pair of dark brown, laced boots that just the pointed toes peek out from underneath her skirt. Smiling, I turn my attention to the café, there’s at least ten tables already taken and a steady flow of our regular morning customers coming through the door. Mum had originally moved to Hope to retire but after a semester of art classes, learning to crochet and then spending four months volunteering to read to patients at the local hospital, she was still so bored out of her mind she figured retirement might not be for her just yet. So using a good chunk of her retirement fund, she done something she had always wanted to do, she opened her own cafe, Bev’s Place. The café is only just over three years old and has formed a loyal customer base from the locals. Whether its the surfers grabbing their morning coffee after hitting the waves or the local real estate that holds it morning meetings here, the cafe always seems to have activity going on inside it. Mum planned it out well, although spacious the space still gives off that inviting vibe. It’s simple, coastal styling gives it a

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