You Will Become Happy When You Buy This Wear!!!

Oh, really? 

It's inscribed on one of these winter's must-have items that I encountered on a heap of madly-cheap sale stuffs @ a nearby Home Plus.

Hmmm what a treat..since it cost only 3,000 Won:-) Gee!!

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The chihuahua for Eyra and Freya to play with is now with me. It is not the real chihuahua, for sure. It is a plush toy I bumped into at Home Plus. It was so cheap (3,800 Won) for a cute little plush toy like this. Without further ado, I bought it and brought it home with me. Got it opened up from its wrapping and got the secret code uploaded to make its avatar alive online. It is simply irresistible in the first place, for it will give Eyra and Freya a chance to play an interactive online game using its toy's online version a.k.a. avatar-like adventure. I wonder if Eyra had started its own avatar, yet..though. Anyway, I posted the pictures of its related-features.

Dinner time @ Home Plus (part one)

So, it was Magrib (dusk) already. I got to find something to eat.
The arrays of Korean food displayed inside the glass were so mouth-watering. They look so real that we almost could slice and scoop them out of the glass.
One thing for sure, they made me feel hungrier and hungrier.

Instead of taking the Korea food, I went to this particular restaurant: Lotteria that used to by my hang out place back then.

I took the pictures of this humongous PIZZA ever displayed or ever existed. Yet, it does exist.
It cost around 11,000 Won...and sure it is BIG.
Can't resist the temptation of eating PIZZA. but, NOpE. It would cost me an arm and a leg.
then, I took a snap picture of Korean traditional food being displayed.
hmmmm...what a colorful dishes whose prices range from 3,500 up to 9,000. Well, I could eat that later.
My eyes and stomach set their appetite for other food.
Lotteria...:)

Winter Clothes

Noooo..that really Winter clothes. But, I guess since they are thick enough, I can use or prolong its usage into the beginning of Winter this year. After a stroll along most of alleys in the basement, I was intrigued to come to a corner specializing in discounted clothes.
Indeed I found three: two for my daughters, while one for me and for my wife.
Most of them used to be around 60,000 Won each or more expensive than that. But, since they are out of date, they sold it for only 15,000 or even 10,000 Won each.
So, this was pretty much what happened when you did not know what to expect, Thus, by the time the shopping spree came....I  was just completely lost. I kept wandering each section to find the cheapest one. But, this corner did indeed sell inexpensive, yet good-quality jackets for my kids.

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However, it would not have been complete without me buying the stuff for my won and own.

So, here I am.
I just bought two jackets for Eyra and Freya, then I also bought two jackets/sweater for me.
It was cold but still acceptably OK for us.
Off we went to other districts (floor) inside this humongous shopping complex.

The red jacket one is for Eyra, the grey one is for Mama, the dark blue one is for Freya, and then the black one with red and white stripe is for me. It cost me....well.....OK compared to other places.

Bought the Green One Piece for Freya

The green crocodile drawing on the t-shirt caught my attention at the children outfit section. It was actually the price that attracted me in the first place. It cost only 7,900 for a pair of trousers and a long-sleeved  t-shirt. The green crocodile said, " I'm True About My Dad"

Way to go.
First, I did not quite look into what it says on the t-shirt, it was just that I felt like something got to be done right.
On second thought, I may not find the same pair of t shirt and jeans with the same value as I got today. I think it was relatively cheap, though. So, I forced myself to think the other way around.
It was cheap and in good quality. Enough said: I bought them.

Home Plus: Food Stuffs to Bargain For

생활에 플러스가 됩니다 'We Become the Plus to Life'  or better yet...'we become the added value to your life' I think that is the meaning of Home Plus Slogan.
Yes, finally I went to Home Plus Korea.
After hearing so much buzz about this so-called Korea's used to be Tesco, I finally set my foot there.
For the past three weeks after my arrival in Seoul, E-Mart has been the so-called shopping destination for us, me as well. Well, it is relatively close from campus to walk there. As simple as that. And I think the prices are relatively cheap.
But then...I went to this Home PLus...after even my teacher mentioned that she preferred this latter department store.
I browsed on the net that it is still number two in terms of the number of stores in Korea, but it is keeping its pace with its first rival: E-Mart.
So, I stumbled upon the advertisement on how it cut lots of prices for last year's stocks. And..I went up there to check it out.
The thing was...I was thinking of buying Autumn or Winter clothes for my kids who are going to Korea this coming November. So, I got to buy some clothes for them.
I found out that the Store is organizing 50% off for their out-dated stocks. Well, as for me, it won't matter as long as they are in good condition.
Off I went to the nearest Home Plus store at Yongdo station, about 8 km away from where I live. Of course, I took the Metro to get there since from what I learned, this particular subway station has connecting door directly to the basement of the Store. Way to go.
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It was about 3 pm and it was a bit cold, but then....I dared myself not to wear any thick clothes..but I did bring one though.
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Upon getting off at the station I found this comparatively huge store.
It is good to know that it exists near (not that near) my campus.
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I check out the first and the basement ...only to my amazement and awe....since I found lots and lots of cheap stuffs (well...cheap compared to other places in Korea, of course). I would never...never...never compare the prices with those of my country's.....since it will be still considered as EXPENSIVE!!! :)
So, with the Won in my pocket, I was skimming and scanning the whole floors from the basement to the 3rd floor where electronic stuffs are displayed.
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After about 1 hour of sight-seeing, I could talk myself out...that it was okey to start shopping.
The first thing that came across my mind was how varied and inexpensive the vegetables and the food items being sold here. So, I bought two huge bottle of grape juice for only 2,600 Won. So it cost me like 1,300 Won each for the juice. What a bargain.
Then, I stumbled across the huge pile of snacks imaginable. It cost only 2,000 Won for any three kinds of snacks. As I thought that no other more intriguing stuffs going on, I came across the huge piles of choco pie that I love the most. Better yet.....it was only 960 Won each box that contains 12 pies. So, without further ado, I took two boxes.
Then...the temptation did not stop there....
I took a sweet curry with banana and corn syrup in it. It'll be delicious. Well, I haven't tried it, yet...then..of course. It was a bit like a compulsive shopping.
Indeed it was.
Then....I also took a kimchi as the appetizer to my meal, took Ottogi's mayonnaise that I like so much. I just found out that this particular thing cost only 1,900 Won, whereas I got to pay for as much as 2,400 Won at E-Mart. Hmm...it is a good bargain eh?
Let's see what I also bought in the food hall.

oh yeah...tofu. Yes, tofu is the closest thing to tempe that I miss so much.
It cost me about 15,000 Won to buy all of these stuffs.
Oh no...Oh yes....it was worth-it.
I need those stuffs since I like munching any snacks at night. LOL:)