Emma Bustamante of Cositas Gifts and Cositas Home. - Credit: Matt Adams The sun is shining, people are buzzing and shops and salons have opened today. It feels surreal, and at the cost of sounding shallow, I'm a little overwhelmed by the choices suddenly on offer. The Maltings Shopping Centre in St Albans. - Credit: Matt Adams There have been months of looking at tiny things on a screen, guessing what colour they are and how they will fit and then waiting four years only to miss the delivery man because the kettle was louder than his knock. Social distancing is in place in St Albans city centre shops.