Topshop and Muffins

This past Thursday, Topshop/Topman had its grand re-opening. They closed THREE days before I came to Tokyo so that kind of sucked but I guess it was (supposed to be) worth the wait.

Because the H&M opening in Ginza had two hour-ish lines the day it opened, I decided to wake up early and grab some food at Pure Cafe and then wait in line for the opening.

After only thirty minutes or so of sweating in queue next to two French girls, we were let in.

It was SUPREMELY disappointing. The clothes were uninteresting. It was basically like H&M in terms of style of clothing ( blah / nu-wave remnants ) and also in terms of shitty quality. Even if I had found something interesting, the prices were 'chotakai' (extremely expensive) as they say in Tokyo.

Ohh well. With all the money I saved on not buying anything there, I went to Shinjuku and bought some Cheap Mondays I had my eye on. The highlight of my dad was certainly my vegan choco orange muffin and coffee from my perma-favorite restaurant "Pure Cafe":

Good Thing I Took Out a Loan

So basically one block in Tokyo is equal to all of Philadelphia in terms of good stores and I'd say one neighborhood ( like Shinjuku or Harajuku ) is equivalent to Manhattan.

Hannah and I found about ten big "vintage" stores to check out this evening. Most stuff closes around eight so we did not get to hit them all.

I did have time however to buy a leather member's only jacket for under sixty bucks. If ya recall, I'd been looking for one for a loooong time.

More purchases to come soon I'm sure.

We also bought commuter passes today! They are both convenient AND money-savers. Hurrah.