Today I hit the shops. I had to get Otoosan a father’s day present – I am very late! – I’m hoping he won’t mind. It’s also his birthday on the 29th June, so I have to get something for his birthday too.
I managed to get him a knick-knacky thing. It’s a ceramic tea ball that holds leaves and has a little holder that it fits into. Basically you put a serving of tea into the ball, put it to brew in your cup of hot water, and when finished put it into the holder. I also got him some nice premium leaf tea – Orange Pekoe, Chai, and Australian Breakfast. It’s pretty expensive at $3.95 per 25 grams. But I figure it is his special present so it would be nice for him to try something good!
Ceramic Tea Pod
I also bought some “Japanese Evening Mist” tea leaves (for Yasu), but this one was $7.95 per 25 grams, so doubly expensive. It is very nice though. Yasu liked it so much he requested another cup straight after the first one. He never does that! :)
I bought myself a nice candle I had my eye on too. The best part it was marked down to $5 from $15. Once you use the candle inside, you can put a new candle in the holder. I really just like the holder, but the bonus was it comes with a nice vanilla scented candle inside.
Hmmm…what else. Oh, I got some nice choccies for some friends in Japan. I also got a big jar of decaf coffee. I’m the kind of person who can’t drink coffee after 4pm otherwise I can’t sleep at night. I’m hoping by drinking decaf I can have it later and still get to sleep. The only problem is that here decaf doesn’t come in small bottles, only large ones.
I also bought some softener for Yasu’s sister. I got an email about 2 months ago asking me what kind of softener we have here, and would I be able to send some over. Apparently, she was using some softener called “Downy” but it became popular so she doesn’t want to use it anymore. Then she started driving an hour each way to get to her nearest Don Quixote to buy imported softener from America just because it was different from what everyone else was using. So anyway, I bought a bottle of Huggie, here’s hoping she likes it. I don’t really understand what the big deal is. If I buy something and I like it, I keep using it, whether it is popular or not. Maybe it’s a Japanese thing???
Huggie softener – Jasmine & Tigerlily,
Dove – Green Tea & Cucumber Shampoo
I also picked up some travel brochures for Japan. The Ghibli museum caught my eye but it looks like you have to book well in advance to get a ticket. So no popping in on the spur of the moment.
Oh yeah and I bought a Teppanyaki bar, so I’m waiting for that to get delivered, hopefully early next week! Then we can have Korean bbq style meals at home. I can’t wait!
I’m going to visit my mum tomorrow. It’s about an hours drive each way to her house but because I take public transport and there is no direct route it takes me about 2.5 hours each way (2 trains and a bus)! And it’s meant to be thunderstorms tomorrow. But, I really want to see her because we haven’t seen each other for a few weeks. So I’m not letting the stupid weather stop me.
Hope you all have a marvelous day!! Night :)
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Tiger Lily and Jasmine.. all my goodness that sounds LUSH! I tried the Dove and LOVED it, sadly it is all gone now = (
That ceramic Tea infuser is fabulous Kelly! What a superb idea, Chai, did you say Chai– oh DELISH.
So are you marking down all the places you want to see when you come to Japan?
All the goodies, the retail therapy, you deserve it, you have such a kind soul, you are brave, more brave than I'll have hope to be.
Have a fabulous outing with your mum tomorrow. Be careful driving in the weather.
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Tiger Lily and Jasmine.. all my goodness that sounds LUSH! I tried the Dove and LOVED it, sadly it is all gone now = (
That ceramic Tea infuser is fabulous Kelly! What a superb idea, Chai, did you say Chai– oh DELISH.
So are you marking down all the places you want to see when you come to Japan?
All the goodies, the retail therapy, you deserve it, you have such a kind soul, you are brave, more brave than I'll have hope to be.
Have a fabulous outing with your mum tomorrow. Be careful driving in the weather.
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Downy is an American brand of fabric softener which the Japanese are crazy for. I'm not sure why this is so, but it is. Huggies is sold in Japan as a Japanese brand of some sort, though it's somewhat expensive and comes in smaller quantities than imports. One of my private students always tells me she's happy that I did laundry because she loves the lingering smell of the fabric softener (which is Downy because that's what Costco has been carrying, not because I care about the brand), which I always find a little strange as I actually don't like it.
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Downy is an American brand of fabric softener which the Japanese are crazy for. I'm not sure why this is so, but it is. Huggies is sold in Japan as a Japanese brand of some sort, though it's somewhat expensive and comes in smaller quantities than imports. One of my private students always tells me she's happy that I did laundry because she loves the lingering smell of the fabric softener (which is Downy because that's what Costco has been carrying, not because I care about the brand), which I always find a little strange as I actually don't like it.
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Great shopping, I have heard good stuff about those infusers.
Hope you had a good time with your Mum.
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Great shopping, I have heard good stuff about those infusers.
Hope you had a good time with your Mum.
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Sometimes you can buy things like imported fabric softener really cheaply at discount places like Don Quixote, but if they catch on, the big shops get on the bandwagon and jack up the prices. That might be what your sister-in-law meant. Or maybe she's just neurotically trendy!
Huggy is available here. It's called Snuggle,which is the American name. I'm surprised it's called Huggy in Oz. Huggies in the US and Canada are a brand of disposable diapers!
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Sometimes you can buy things like imported fabric softener really cheaply at discount places like Don Quixote, but if they catch on, the big shops get on the bandwagon and jack up the prices. That might be what your sister-in-law meant. Or maybe she's just neurotically trendy!
Huggy is available here. It's called Snuggle,which is the American name. I'm surprised it's called Huggy in Oz. Huggies in the US and Canada are a brand of disposable diapers!
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