Wedding Blog

Mr. Gummibear and I really needed to get some shopping done. We’re feeling a bit behind because until Ikea, we hadn’t bought a single thing for the wedding. Just discussed it. So we made a list of places we had to hit up this week.Our best and most productive shopping moment was at Daiso. It’s a Japanese chain 100 yen store that opened in Daly City last year. Everything in the store is shipped from Japan, $1.50 unless otherwise marked, and for me, tearfully reminiscent. And the stuff that is otherwise marked is a lot rarer than you’d think. Since Zakka is part of our theme, this store was perfect. We found a lot of stuff I wasn’t expecting to find in a store, or for so cheap.

Ignore Mr. GB being a dutiful shopping car returner, he seems to always get into all my photos.

Mr. GB complains that the photos can’t possibly grasp how great this store is, he says the photos make it look like piles and piles of just “stuff”. What I say is, keeping in mind that they crammed this 15,500 sq ft building full of stuff, look at how ridiculously organized they manage to keep it. If anything, you can appreciate how organized and clean a place like this is. It’s amazing though, and most of the stuff is either cute or useful! Did I mention it’s organized?! Ok, so I have mild OCD and walking into H&M or Forever21 makes me seize up in color-arranged horror… so the appeal of having a cheap “junk” store really neat and tidy makes me so excited I could pee.

Other than a few sewing kits and cute knick knacks we bought for here and there, here is the haul:

4 picnic baskets, 2 large wicker trays, 2 small ones, 2 bamboo boxes, 2 large baskets… $81. All the items are already pretty cute and mildly detailed, so we’re going to decorate them minimally. It fits into the natural wabi-sabi feel, so I’m going to say that anything that doesn’t get done in turning them more interesting was entirely intentional.

If you’re in the bay area (or washington, they have a few there too) definitely stop in to have a look. We weren’t expecting to buy anything, but if you end up finding something, you’ll get it a lot cheaper there than anywhere else!

Daiso
146 Seramonte Centre
Daly City, CA 94105