Lord Harry Potter
Day 7 Hey big spender
At 7am Dobby and Winky woke the sleeping Kids to a quick breakfast of tea and toast, Harry asked the elves to finish cleaning the parlours and lounges today and at 8 everyone meet at the kitchen fireplace dressed for a day in muggle London. They quickly flooed to the Leaky cauldron and Ron tried to get a taxi by yelling at them that the wanted to get to Harlington street as they whizzed by.
"Ron this is how you get a taxi in London" Hermione said as she walked to the curb stuck her hand out and whistled. "Come on then Get in" she said
After they squeezed in and Hermione gave directions, they were off. The taxi pulled up to the Commonwealth bank where Harry went in and got a check book to his account and another £30,000 in cash. They set to the DMV and after 30min Harry came out grinning "I got it"
"We knew you would Harry" Said Hermione
"Yeah now we know never to go on the roads again" Ron said to which Hermione hit him. "What was that for"
"A BMW store please driver" Was all the reply he got.
"Um Hermione, would you teach me how to drive please now that I've got a licence?" Harry asked
"Offcourse Harry, It's really easy"
When they pulled up at the car dealer ship and Harry paid the driver £150 because he'd waited too, they started browsing.
""What about a convertible Harry?" asked Ron and Neville with jaws on the floor eyeing the range.
"NO! Absolutely not, no way, no how, not happening Professor Snape drives one. And anyway I think I'd like something with more room." Came the reply to which Ron lost his interest and Neville turned green at the mention of the most hated teacher at Hogwarts.
"A sedan, Harry then?" asked Hermione
"No I think the Bentley will do for that kind of thing once its fixed"
"What about this then Harry?" asked Luna seriously (well as serious as Luna can be) while pointing to a large SUV.
"That's what I had in mind actually Luna, it would fit all of us and has got lots of room, I think I'll get it." Harry replied to which everyone agreed it was a practical choice and they went to talk to a salesman.
"Excuse me Sir.." Harry started to ask when the man said "go away kid I'm busy"
Everyone gasped except Harry who smiled politely walked along and into a room that said manager after a few moments the manager and Harry walked back into the showroom the manager apologizing profusely to Harry, who was repeating "quite all right" and then the manager himself fixed the transaction thanked Harry for his kindness and after a check from Harry and a few details he said "It will be delivered tomorrow" And as the young friends left the manager walked over to his employee and told him
"You're lucky I don't fire you, but you're on your last warning another slip up and you're gone
"Lovely Man that manager now where to?" was all they got from Harry.
"Harrods's Harry a very flash furniture store" said Hermione
After another short taxi ride they stopped outside a rather nice department store where Harry quickly found a nice sales assistant and said quite politely "I'll take 17 Queen Mattresses 4 single and 2 Cot mattresses" To which 5 other sales assistants started helping them and Harry whispered to a speechless Hermione "I thought it best to get straight to the point this time saves all that nonsense don't you think?"
They didn't just purchase mattresses they also got a full 40 chairs for the large dining room, 4 different lounge settings that looked very fancy, 4 new four poster beds, some 40 coffee tables and about 40 bedside tables, 2 new desks, 9 chests of drawers, 14 different Rugs, a large TV a computer and electronic equipment, Cordless Phones, 2 Vacuum cleaners, an intercom, a large fridge to replace the old one in the kitchen that blew up with the power, 2 dishwashers, electrical kitchen appliances and the such, and 5 mobile phones.
The staff was extremely pleased to help and agreed to have the deliveries start tomorrow while ringing up the total which turned out to be £140,000 which Harry didn't blink at but just wrote another check.
After the friends had picked all the wares they required they had a lunch in the café outside before setting of to a home ware super store where Harry and Hermione picked colours for sheets and curtains, Ron and Neville left with instructions to get every kitchen utensil and Luna went to supervise them. Every employee was very happy to help when Harry said he'd take the silver cutlery set in the window for £3000.
"What about this dinner set Harry?" Hermione asked
"That's nice I think we'll take 3 sets of this one and 6 of the gilded trim for the large dining room."
"We need glasses to Harry?" Hermione reminded
"Off course well I suppose well take the champagne flutes with the gold trim a set of 50, and the wine ones 50, those scotch glasses too and the normal water goblets 100 I'd say"
"The crystal and silver serving dishes too Harry"
"Yes, did you get that, anything else you think we'll need just suggest, O.K?"
"O.K Harry"
"That big box of pillows over there, how many are in it?" Asked Harry
"30 Sir" came the reply
"Good well take 2 boxes"
And on it went 20 green, 20 red, 20 gold blankets, 10 red with gold trim Bedspreads 10 green and silver trim, 10 blue with yellow trim, 5 of those table clothes, 30 queen donnas, 10 single, every kitchen utensil, 2 of the pot sets, the roasting trays 2 sets, all those bowls and that plastic ware, the two good cutting knife sets, that tea service trolley and those bathroom accessories 5 of each type, 270 different curtains in varying colours and styles, that hall runner those napkin rings 50 gold 20 silver and the matching napkins, 20 each red green blue and yellow bath sheets(larger than a towel) matching towels face washers and bathmats oh the woollen mattress protectors in the same sizes as the sheets. By the end Harry was starting to get tired and it was only 3.
"I think that's all, it to be delivered to this address tomorrow heres an extra £2000 for the rush, Thankyou for being so helpful but we must be getting on." Harry finished
Next they found a hardware store and brought the new doors and mirror along with some tools everyone thought would be needed eventually and as there wasn't much they needed here they continued to have afternoon tea at a small tea house.
"How much more to go Harry" came Ron's tired voice.
"Just clothes, Groceries and Diagon alley."
"Groan"
"Come on at least tomorrow night we'll have proper mattresses to sleep on" Luna helped
"Yeah if we ever make it that far"
Hermione directed them to be measured for there clothes at a posh looking place "Valenes" where they were measured, fitted and poked with pins. Hermione convinced Harry he'd need at least 5 different suits a fancy black tie, a casual, business, a professional business and a tux along with a sports coat and a few pair of professional trousers and business shirts.
"Fine I'll get them but if you're going to make me do this you need 2 ball gowns and whatever else fancy the sales assistant can dream up and the rest aren't getting of lightly either boys will get the same as me and Luna's getting everything I'm going to make you get."
"Harry we couldn't ask for you to pay for all that" came the responses
"Why not you're doing hard labour cleaning my house for free and I've got the money call it payment" at which a nice woman came up with a catalogue of designs which Harry selected for the rest.
"Thankyou Sir it will be ready Thursday"
"Could you send it to this address when its ready please" answered Harry fixing the bill which he refused to show the group.
"Now normal clothes Harry you look so tiny in those clothes of Dudleys" Insisted Hermione as she dragged them down to a mall where the girls picked clothes randomly adding them to a pile for Harry which Ron and Neville laughed at "Fine said Harry "You 2 are getting more muggle clothes too, HA!" and the laughter stopped as the girls thought this was a great idea and started selecting things for them as well before pushing them towards the change room.
Harry liked most of the things the girls had picked out and started trying them on when done he came out to Ron and Luna arguing.
"No, NO, NO I don't like wearing Red I'm not getting it" Said Ron
"But you look so nice in red Ronald" was the reply to which Ron blushed but still refused to wear anything red.
Harry paid for there clothes and now having the only packages of the day as everything else would be delivered they made there way to a grocery store and brought 3 trolleys worth of food to stock the pantry. As soon as they walked out of the store Hermione shrank all the bags until they fitted in with the clothes. At 6 they made there way into diagon alley buying school supplies, visiting gringots, replenishing potion ingredients, and buying some spray on plant quick grow before heading back to the leaky cauldron flooing home and falling straight asleep after there very busy day.