Cheap, but chic

ollar stores are one of my favourite places to shop in. You can find some real gems in these places. I knew that one of the places that I wanted to check out when I went to Vancouver a week ago was Daiso. It's a huge Japanese dollar store chain. Everything is supposed to cost $2 each unless otherwise stated. The most I saw a product for was $4 which is still pretty reasonable considering the quality of the items. I went with my sister-in-law and although it was quite a trek to get there it was well worth it. Daiso was situated inside an Asian Mall called Aberdeen Centre in Richmond. The mall itself was pretty nice. Very different from Western malls. I found an Asian beauty store that I carried the infamous Dolly Wink Eyeliner. It was quite overpriced at $20CAD, but I decided to get it anyway.The food court was pretty good too. I wish I can go back and try all the different foods in that food court.


It is pronounced 'Dah-Ee-So'. I thought it was pronounced 'Day-So'.




I picked up these 3 printed aluminum foils. Aren't they just so cute?! I'm planning to save these for future use. Maybe I'll use it to pack baby A's future lunches.



These reminded me of my Shiseido cotton pads that I have. They look to be about the same quality, but the Shiseido one is $8CAD while this was $2CAD.




I just had to get a bento box for baby A.



I got some blotting papers, but I think this one was a miss. It's definitely not like the Boscia blotting papers. However, I'm going to be using the plastic sleeve case to store my Boscia papers in. 



I brought scissors with me to the airport on the way to Vancouver and didn't realize that you can't bring scissors into the plane. I brought them to cut baby A's food to bite sized pieces. Since they confiscated it I bought these scissors from Daiso. I think they are so cute.



I bought a few packs of animal picks. Baby A is turning 2 soon so I want to start thinking about his birthday party decoration. I thought these would be so cute to stick into cupcakes.



Going back to the bento box theme these are seasoning containers. 



These are sauce containers with the lids shaped as transportation vehicles.



Again, I thought these could be cute ideas for baby A's birthday party. 



I bought pastel animal picks. My twin sister is currently pregnant so I have to start thinking about her baby shower. I thought these would be cute for her shower.




These are laver punchers. One cuts out bear-shaped heads and the other apple shapes. You would never be able to find these at regular dollar stores!



These are rice molds that form into a bear head shape, a girl's head shape and a boy's head shape. Perfect for my bento box!



My last item that I purchased was a cutlery set. I'm still shocked that something of this quality was only $2.


I wish there was a Daiso where I lived. I literally could spend a whole day there!