lebeado People - Deborah Lithgo
Welcome to lebeado People, where – surprise, surprise – you can meet some of the
people who make lebeado tick. First up is Deborah Lithgo, who’s in charge of lebeado’s
online operation. Poor old Debs is the Cinderella of lebeado – condemned to work
below stairs in the basement of the Jesmond shop, only allowed out once a month
to buy a replacement ink cartridge. But here’s a girl with a serious addiction problem
– and one who lets her partner off far too lightly. She answers our probing and
highly personal questions
Deborah, what was the last film you saw?
The last, and most expensive film I saw was 'In Bruges' - it was so good I've booked
tickets to go in November!
What's in your fridge right now?
Lots of (boring) salad as I'm trying to be healthy, this is however let down by
the 24 mini milk ice lollys in the freezer section, which I'm addicted to at the
minute.
Your favourite piece of jewellery?
My favourite is a gold disc pendant with a lotus flower on it which I never take
off.... but also I'm always drawn to MADE fair-trade jewellery and snap it up when
we get new stock.
Your idea of a perfect weekend away?
I like exploring new cities so my ideal weekend would be to amble round art galleries
and shops during the day and have a meal and drinks in the evening.... hopefully
Bruges will provide all of these things!
The worst thing about your partner?
I think this changes on a day to day basis but at the moment it's his awful OCD
and insistence on cleaning away mini milk ice lolly sticks almost before I've finished
eating them.
What super-power would you most like to have?
Definitely to be able to fly as it would mean I'd never have to set foot on a plane
again. This would make my (and I'm sure everyone else’s) holidays a lot more pleasurable!
What the best thing about le Beado? Or your favourite/funniest lebeado moment?
The best thing is definitely the team of people working there who I can now call
great friends. There are so many funny moments but I think the weird and wonderful
questions customers come out with are my favourite, '"can you show me the essential
oils?", "do you sell chocolate hearts?" "where are your beads?" etc...
And what's the news headline you'd most like to see?
'lebeado Opens Flagship Store in New York' - with me as manager!