Lucky Bags

This post was from Jan 2.

Emma went back to school today. She said she had and an amazing and weird day. She couldn’t tell me why. I think it’s because she had a great day, but was feeling silly and goofy at bedtime. 😏 She felt like the day went by fast. I had a board meeting this morning, and then went shopping with one of my friends. New Years in Japan is a big holiday. They do lots of things at shrines, but also it’s like their Black Friday...except their deals are actually deals! I didn’t want to deal with the crowds and a tired child on New Years, so I stayed home. But I heard that some stores still. Have some Lucky Bags. Basically on New Years it’s Lucky Bag Day, and the stores mark everything down, too. A Lucky Bag is a bag that they put random stuff from their store in, and you pay a set price for, generally without knowing what’s inside, although today there were signs that showed what was in them. Whatever is in the bag is worth more than what you pay. I wasn’t really expecting to save money, but thought it would be fun to try. I heard the tea store still had bags/bixes, so that’s where we went. I also got a bag at the bakery and an accessory shop. And let me tell you, they are serious about deals here. It’s not like the stated where you get the stuff no one wants and it’s not really marked down. They put good stuff in and it’s super marked down. In the tea box I paid ¥3260 ($30) and got at least $60 worth of tea. The accessory bag was ¥1000, and it was probably worth $60 (¥6000) at least. The bargain shopper in me was very excited. 

The loot from my Lucky Bags: a box full of tea (at least 9 different kinds), bracelets, necklaces, clips, earrings, headband, hair ties, barrettes, scunci, and lots of pastries!

The inside of our chocolate bread pig thing. 

Doing handstands with Chelsea