Our last hoorah in Seoul came in the form of a shopping spree. The goal was to get some bedding for the increasingly cold nights in Cheonan. While Jennika had found a nice duck down duvet on Gmarket (a Korean Amazon.ca), we thought we would try anyhow.
We made it down via the subway and passed by the Cheonggyecheon river. This river used to be covered by a highway, but the city decided to restore it a few years ago, a project that we support. The whole area was beautiful!
Well we didn't find any suitable bedding in the plethora of shops. They sure do like wild patterns and hello kitty here. The shopping style is very different in the market stores. There are many booths/kiosks with eager retailers vying for your business. Once you try something on, good luck walking away without purchasing it. On the other hand if you are the first sale of the day it is considered bad luck not to get you to buy something. Jennika used this to haggle her new jacket from a price of 120,000 won to 80,000 won. While we walked away the shop keeper was shaking her head in disbelief that she let us go with such a great deal.
Due to the diet change, I've lost some weight and I can now fit into some tight Korean pants and other accoutrement. Time for a new wardrobe! We had a great time playing dress up.
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| My new sports jacket. |
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| A nicer view of the detail. |
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| popping that booty. modelling a bag |
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| Some tight Korean pants that I did not buy because you could see my junk. There was no room to hide. |
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| One of the new shirts and tight Korean dress pants that I did buy. These were also our bunk-bed accommodations at the Kpop Guesthouse near Seoul Station. |
Jennika also found some dressier shoes, a cute spring/fall jacket, a new fancy headband, and a long shirt with leggings.
Cheers, JaM's
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