A Shopper's Day

Today Ben and I had ourselves a little adventure!  We really wanted to go to E-Mart so Ben could get toys for his kids-- he promised them a goody if they remembered all their lines for their plays this week.  They did!  So we planned a day out.

It's fairly easy to get to the E-Mart...  We just took the subway up one stop to the Jukjeon station, which leads out onto this nice little view.  Most of the buildings you see are apartment buildings.

The Shinsegae building.

Right outside the subway station is Shinsegae, the "fancy" Korean mall around here.  We decided to go in and check it out.  We only saw three floors, but what we did see was pretty impressive/intimidating.  Cartier, Coach, Chanel, Bvlgari, Burberry, Gucci, etc.  Lots of sparkles and sophisticates.  They even had a VIP entrance with a red carpet and an awning out to the street.  I saw some interesting characters walk through that entrance with some couture-ish dresses.  They themselves were dressed like they were from Jem and the Holograms.

Nevertheless, I did take one really nice thing away from Shinsegae.  They have an amazing make-up section!  Make-up Forever, Benefit, MAC, and Bobbi Brown for starters.  And I think I spotted a shu uemura station across the way.  I'm a happy little make-up artist!

We finally made it across the street to E-Mart, the 3-5 story big box store.  It's like... a really confusing Wal-Mart if you need a comparison.  There were sooooo many people there, it was hard to stop and actually look for things.  We walked out with the toys, a hair straightener for me, and some school supplies.  I think I'd rather go back in the morning when it's not quite so busy.

Home sweet home!

We got home, dropped our stuff off, then went over to Home Plus to eat pizza and shop for groceries.  It was a bit of a long day, so we were glad to see this building up ahead.  Home sweet home!

Next week is going to be fairly easy for us.  Monday and Tuesday are the last days for our kindy (kindergarten) kids, and our elementary students take their monthly tests those days.  Wednesday is graduation for the older kindergartners, and Thursday we don't come to work at all.  National holiday!  Friday we may even come in late since the kindergartners will still be out... Wednesday and Friday will probably be dedicated to redecorating our classrooms for the new students.

Cheers!