The weekend is here and since the spring weather is in effect (it is +8c), we headed to the opening of a little marketplace in the city that has a couple of craft stores and some pony rides for the kids. While my wife and daughter liked looking, I am generally appreciative of minimalistic design...
This place was my nightmare.
Each shop was chockablock full of dust gatherers, the crap that people buy from places such as these, put on shelves and are forced to dust around weekly until the day they die, at which point their kids inherit it all and throw it straight into a box destined for a charity bin.
This rabbit knows it - it is holding that dust-catching tray out with a look of contempt saying,
"Dust my useless ass, loser".
There were quite a few people milling about, and because the shops are so small, we needed to line to get into some of them - especially the last one - the chocolate shop - the only redeeming quality place out of the set, as while it was full of little pieces of nonsense too at least it could be eaten away before the dust gathers on it.
Unfortunately for me though, I am trying to watch my weight a little, so I didn't go buckwild buying gourmet chocolates and candies - but I did get some nougat thing that looks like a cigar. I don't really like nougat, so perhaps it will last longer than two breaths.
These chocolate bars above however looed pretty great, as they are handmade with freeze-dried fruits or nuts and all kinds of things - however, at 10€ a block, they aren't cheap. My wife and daughter can't eat these due to the dairy in them, so we didn't even get one to try.
There was a lot of craft stuff, including soaps and cards, a million candles, ugly doorknobs, glittered rabbits and chalk paints to make your own tacky craftwares. In some places, I felt like I had been caught up in the aftermath of a drunken pixie and fairy gangbang party, ending in a glittery bukkake finale.
When even my daughter got bored of shiny stuff to look at, you know there was a lot. However, what she was looking forward to was getting a tattoo (every father's dream for their daughter), and she chose a Hello Kitty one for her forearm. I was actually surprised she was able to sit still for the three minutes it took for the stencil to have glue applied and then glitter brushed on with a brush that had a mermaid tail. There must be a kit you can buy from China to set up for this kind of stall and at 5 dollars a pop, they probably make pretty good scratch doing this through the spring and summer.
I don't know how long the resulting image will last, but I suspect after her bath tonight, there might not be much left of it and then, she will cry. The gift that keeps on giving....
While I am not sure how long it will take for my eyes to recover from the sparkly abuse, at least we were able to spend a few hours outside of the house and, not too much came home with us, other than what can be eaten away - or surreptitiously thrown away.
Right, now it is time to enter into a sensory deprivation chamber to speed up the healing process.
How's your weekend going?
Taraz
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