Successful Saturday

We started our Saturday morning by looking at a potential future apartment, the unsuccessful part of our day.  The apartment building is not too far from where we live now but is much closer to things like the mart, the subway and our work.  However, we were extremely under-impressed by the apartment so will definitely not be moving into that one.  We were expecting it to be a bit bigger than ours as well as nicer (since it is more expensive than ours).  The bathroom was nicer (it had a shower curtain and a sink) and the kitchen was a tad bit bigger, but overall it felt even a bit smaller than what we have now.

However, we were successful at finding Baker's Alley in Dongdaemun Market!  This part of the market was lined with baking shops filled with baking tools, ingredients, and packaging.  It made me miss having the ability to bake even more!  (One condition if we decide to move is a kitchen big enough to put a small oven!)  They even had Kitchen Aid mixers and Wilton food coloring!  In another part of the market I found a large basement filled with tons of vendors selling yarn.  Though it was a bit difficult to find the kind of yarn I like to use, there was a lot of different kinds of yarn and was so fun to look at.  I even bought some sparkly purple yarn, made by none other than Samsung (it's Korea, everything is made by Samsung).  Lastly, we made a trip to the Daiso store (like the dollar store) to pick up a few things we have been wanting for work.  Even though it is a private school, our work is not always very good about giving us plenty of good supplies.  I also needed to pick up some mini whiteboards (which of course I have a bunch of back home but not here!) because sometimes the only way I can get my kinders to write is if it's on the whiteboard with a "special" marker.

Overall, it was a pretty successful day.  Tomorrow I plan to go on the search for some kids English games and books.  Hopefully that will be equally successful!  Even the weather has been turning nice!  It's comfortable enough to walk and ride our bikes finally.  We were even able to turn the air conditioner off and open the window this week! 

 Lots and lots of decorating tips!

 Lots of cupcake liners to choose from, including American flags!

Wool yarn made by Samsung