Matt, Myself and the Creepy Shop of Horrors.
We decided to go to the Hyaku-En (100 yen) shop because I wanted another whiteboard and more coloured markers for them because I have a problem with wanting these things, and Matt wanted to find something to wear for Halloween. So, we went and somehow managed to fill a basket with an array of pink things, some of which were Matt's. Well, the pink rabbit was Matt's.
But how do you resist when there are so many cute things stuck in a horrible place like that? There were even cuddly cacti. The above is just a small selection of the cute and cuddly things waiting to be rescued and taken home and cared for, and not turned into part of a gruesome Halloween costume, MATT.
The Hyaku-En shop is also home to some weird and wonderful things that you would get beaten up for owning in the UK.
Clips, in the shape of cartoon Shinkansen, that attach your hat to your collar. Incase it gets windy or something.
We then headed downstairs to The Creepy Shop of Horrors. It's a bargain bin clothes shop, not quite as classy as Primark, maybe more of a "What Everyone Wants", or "Poundstretcher" kind of place. I decided however, that while I was there, I might as well look and see if I could pick up a pair of cheap shorts for the gym, but had to browse through rows and rows of giant unflattering underpants (I don't know how they still manage to have places like that when everyone in Japan is so tiny) before I found them. I then caught up with Matt, who in the meantime had been looking at some strange and upsetting plastic hats.
Me: "I found shorts. But..."
Matt: "They were all creepy, weren't they?"
As we headed towards the exit, we found perhaps the most unsettling thing of all. A groaning pile of giant squeezy "stress" children, (like blue man!) with the word "yes!" printed on their fronts.
Above is a small portion of what was a rather large and scary bargain bin pile.
I did, however, get something useful out of the trip, apart from my heart-shaped whiteboard:
He's squeezy, full of beans and he's so happy! And he kind of looks like the star from Super Mario! So, at the end of the day, I was able to rescue one cute thing, and now I feel happy about it :)
We decided to go to the Hyaku-En (100 yen) shop because I wanted another whiteboard and more coloured markers for them because I have a problem with wanting these things, and Matt wanted to find something to wear for Halloween. So, we went and somehow managed to fill a basket with an array of pink things, some of which were Matt's. Well, the pink rabbit was Matt's.
But how do you resist when there are so many cute things stuck in a horrible place like that? There were even cuddly cacti. The above is just a small selection of the cute and cuddly things waiting to be rescued and taken home and cared for, and not turned into part of a gruesome Halloween costume, MATT.
The Hyaku-En shop is also home to some weird and wonderful things that you would get beaten up for owning in the UK.
Clips, in the shape of cartoon Shinkansen, that attach your hat to your collar. Incase it gets windy or something.
We then headed downstairs to The Creepy Shop of Horrors. It's a bargain bin clothes shop, not quite as classy as Primark, maybe more of a "What Everyone Wants", or "Poundstretcher" kind of place. I decided however, that while I was there, I might as well look and see if I could pick up a pair of cheap shorts for the gym, but had to browse through rows and rows of giant unflattering underpants (I don't know how they still manage to have places like that when everyone in Japan is so tiny) before I found them. I then caught up with Matt, who in the meantime had been looking at some strange and upsetting plastic hats.
Me: "I found shorts. But..."
Matt: "They were all creepy, weren't they?"
As we headed towards the exit, we found perhaps the most unsettling thing of all. A groaning pile of giant squeezy "stress" children, (like blue man!) with the word "yes!" printed on their fronts.
Above is a small portion of what was a rather large and scary bargain bin pile.
I did, however, get something useful out of the trip, apart from my heart-shaped whiteboard:
He's squeezy, full of beans and he's so happy! And he kind of looks like the star from Super Mario! So, at the end of the day, I was able to rescue one cute thing, and now I feel happy about it :)
posted by Lisa @ 12:20 pm
4 Comments:
At 19 October 2006 at 14:40,
Anonymous said…
Lmao look at the ginger owl... Highlarious!
Love Greg xx
At 19 October 2006 at 15:19,
Lisa said…
At first glance he looks like the owl from Lost in Translation, but he's actually made of really scratchy material and he's only little. But I think Dave is going to find me one of the LiT owls when he's over here :)
At 21 October 2006 at 02:07,
Anonymous said…
oh really? :)
At 21 October 2006 at 03:16,
Lisa said…
... :)
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