A Lovely day

Today was fun. Everyone seemed extra sweet. I went to Real, I got peanut butter, Diet Coke Knock off (made in Columbus, Georgia!), Mineral water (Made in Stanceni!!!!!!!!!!), and a Pomelo (Grown in China, lol) I’ve never had Pomelo before or seen it in a store and it basically looks like a huge orange. I will have to try it one of these days.

Now, for the kicker. I walked into Leonardo. I’ve been in before and tried stuff on, but this time, I swore to myself I’d get something. Why? Because I drooled over Leonardo stuff as a kid. And I still do. Except now I can kind of afford it. I decided I would go in, try a bunch of stuff, not look at the price, and get what I loved, as a V-Day present for myself. And that’s just what I did. I got the adorable heels above. And when I went to check out, the price surprised me. 19 lei. Yep. About 6 bucks. That’s cheap even by Leonardo’s standards. I think they were having a spring fashion sale on them, and I happened to like these. (I tried several similar styles beforehand .. but I wanted black. These were the only boot-less boot style heels in black that fit well.) So lucky. I was willing to spend upwards of 70 lei ($22). As soon as I bought them, I put them on.

It was never on my bucket list to walk in heels through an icy, snowy, slushie city, but I did it. Maybe I should write it in just to cross it off.

Not only was I in heels, not only was it icy, but I was carrying 5 liters of liquid. They are comfy so it really wasn’t bad. Yay!

And now for a dose of reality

Today was really cool. I like that they have a store dedicated to Japanese goods here. I got lost in a store in Romania. I never thought that was possible. They have everything here. Hundreds of different sausages, beers, drinks, soaps, hair colors, TVs, computers, cables, tools, etc. They have alot of variety, although they don’t have everything that’s available in America. I think this has to do more with demand. People prefer organic food here, natural products and otherwise they don’t sell. This is why it seems like alot of our American sodas aren’t available here. They have Coke and Pepsi and Mountain Dew but not much else.

The Fanta here is made with no artificial colors, no artificial flavorings, it’s pretty ridiculous. People here are picky. Not only that, they demand things to be made in Romania. Romanian’s long upstanding tradition of complaining about everything has actually got them somewhere. Props to them.

I love the Japan store. Everything there is imported from Japan and does not have any labels in English or Romanian. It’s kind of like a guessing game. I giggled so much, and I bought two things. I was gonna buy hairclip bunny ears, but then I realized I had kitty ears at home and that might be a bit excessive.

Love
Noemi