<p>Wellesley also has a good sporting goods store (Thunder) which sells comfy shoes, warm winter gear, sleds, ice skates and other such. I made out like a bandit whenever they had clearance sales. The Wellesley Booksmith is an excellent independent bookstore that manages to get a large number of well-known authors in for tours (Sophie Kinsella, Allison Weir, Lemony Snicket, Brian Jacques and Julie Andrews all signed books when I was a student). The public library is also rather big and well-funded for a town of Wellesley’s size.</p>