If you are after a bargain in Japan, you can’t go amiss
during the first week of January. Almost every retailer puts together lucky dip
bags of various values, and they go on sale for massively less than the retail
value of the contents (one of my friends this year paid about $100 for a bag of
clothes worth $700). Even if you end up with some unwanted items, the
excitement of opening your mystery bag is a pleasure in itself. The classic
lucky dip bag is a mystery, with just a price and a theme ($10 comfort bag, $20
enjoy cooking bag etc). This year most bags I saw for sale were taking a
half-way approach, listing the kinds of things inside but not specifics (1
dress, 1 jacket, two t-shirts with patterns, a knitted cardigan). Other stores
let you see exactly what is inside, even offering their lucky dips in clear
plastic bags. I saw one or two stores that had given up on the whole “lucky dip”
aspect and were selling “bags” into which customers could then put any three
items from the sale bins. No fun at all.
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| Ugh, look at all the plastic >.< |
I ended up with a couple of bits of clothing I will definitely
never wear, but another fun thing about lucky bag season is meeting up with
friends to swap around the bits we don’t want. I’m sure
someone will want this…
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| Ugliest shirt in the world |
Oh man, that sounds awesome! With my luck though, all the clothes will probably be really cute, but two sizes too small. (I'm a tall girl :/ )
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