The Marks & Spencer Simply Food

Yay! This store was a life saver for a dreadful overnight wait at Luton Airport. It was terrible arriving at this secluded airport at 11:30pm, knowing I had a 6am flight. Why did I get here so early? You can read the back story below* if you’re really interested, but be forewarned, it’ll probably only confuse and slightly annoy you.
Getting back to this great little shop. I always enjoyed seeing these stores everywhere, and although they are pricy to US standards (well, everything is, right?) I like to stop in and look at the beautiful packaging of the products and neat store layout. Since I couldn’t check in till 4am, there were no left luggage areas and all the comfy areas to camp out were taken, I figured hunkering down with a rose would be the best idea.
Luckily for me there were several others in the airport with the same predicament. Most were either already asleep, or maybe trying to drift off with their headsets on. A few looked as defeated as I did, with absolutely nothing to do in the check-​in area, and being absolutely too far away from anything to even consider leaving the airport at this hour. Then, my rose and I made a few friends with other fellow wait-​ers, and together we were able to pass the long hours before our flight with light conversations and delicious olives and snacks from Mark & Spencer. It was because of that, our time at this little desolate airport into a bearable experience! And I am sure we were not the only ones. I’ll definitely appreciate the nice staff and this 24 hour shop for helping me out through this tough time. You guys lifted my spirits and wellness through your lovely variety of excellent products!
*The back story; the reason why I was lucky enough to be chillin at Luton Airport in the first place:
(Because my transit time from where I was staying in London central is about 2 hours unless I booked a hotel room next to this little airport (which I was too cheap to do), I would have had to taken a taxi at 2 am as my connecting train would was not running on normal schedule. Now, why did I book my flight out of Luton when it’s so far? Here’s another silly mistake I made. I booked a last minute flight through Ryanair (it was very expensive; never again will I make such a fool’s mistake!) and needed to get to Dublin via London. So, my inital flight was from Luton, and I had to RUSH to get to Gatwick airport (nuts!) to make this Dublin flight. All was well once I returned to London, until of course I remembered how far Luton was, and that my flight wasn’t until 6am. Now why 6am? Because I forgot that the US was the only ones who use a 12 hour am/​pm format, and I booked the 6am flight thinking very absent mindly it was a 6pm flight. Real sharp, I know. So, since I already made such a blunder with the entire trip, I figured I should suck up my mistakes and make my lovely flight without wasting anymore pounds. So, if that wasn’t confusing enough for you, let’s just say that after a series of very short-​sighted bad decisions and being awake for almost 2 days, the 24-​hour Mark & Spencer shops was truly a savior when it came to having to wait until my check in time. Thanks for hearing me out!)