After buying the bunk beds for Kristine and Kimberley on Saturday, we took a bus to a shopping mall to watch a modelling parade of kids autumn fashion in which Scarlet was one of the young models.
We got lost on the way out of the mall, and chose an exit which happened to face Haagen Dazs. We could not shake off Kristine and Kimberley's persistent nagging to have some ice cream, so we tried for the first time ice cream at a sit-down Haagen Dazs parlor. The cutlery and serving wares were all upmarket quality and of course the prices were upmarket too. A single scoop sold for Y28. We ordered a banana split, plus another fancy dish that shaped like a Japanese dessert platter with multiple ice cream and cakes. All for Y153. Kristine and Kimberley did enjoy the ice cream but they left plenty on the table.
Then on to that Open Market where Kristine bought her fish two weeks ago. There after spending Y153 on ice cream, Grace haggled with a vendor for a stainless steel cooking oil pourer and a soy sauce pourer for Y20. I found an industrial quality nonstick 32cm frying pan for Y100 (down from Y125). The biggest frying pan in the supermarkets is 28cm, all with thin metal base. The Open Market caters to wholesalers who do retail trades as well. We kept getting asked 'how many you want' each time we asked for the price. And when we replied 'Just 1.', the vendors always replied,"Just 1?.
"Yes, just 1, and we want it cheap too!"
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