Shopping in Dongdaemum

 Rocketman took Friday off and Dongdaemum Shopping Complex sounded like a good place to go.  For me, not him.  I went to my usual satin guy by the hanbok shops and found these two beauties.  They look just like the chasu (Korean embroidery) that I have been working on.  Just gorgeous.

 I also bought some large hole wooden beads for maedeup projects. 

 I also picked up these wooden pendants. 

 These pendants are handpainted on mother of pearl. 

 I just fell in love with these cellphone danglers.  The miniature hanboks are darling.

 How about these buttons?  Dongdaemum has an incredible selection of buttons.  These will be for something I knit for the new little guy coming in June.

I also picked these up.  I was trying to get someone to wait on me and the clerk just ignored me.  I tried getting his attention in English and Korean to no avail when a tiny nun came over and yelled, "ajosshi" and he stood right up.  She smiled at me and and nodded.  I thanked her in Korean and off she went.  I saw her now and then as I was shopping, haggling with the clerks.

Rocketman had planted himself in one of the chairs they have near the stairs.  He had his ITouch and was watching who knows what.  I had been shopping well over an hour and was overwhelmed by the whole experience again and so I plopped myself next to him.  An ex-pat came over to us and said she recognized us from this blog.  How cool is that!