My North America Trip | The Shopping Edition

Last updated on 6 July 2024

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Shopping in another country is always fantastic.

They often have a lot of different things than your home country, more stores to chose from, and at completely different prices. Coming from New Zealand, shopping in America is quite a bit cheaper on a lot of things. Clothes are generally a similar price, but things like make-up and cosmetics, books and gifts are considerably less dear.

As I headed to North America last month, I was prepared to do some serious shopping. I probably didn’t go as nuts as I could have done, but I’m super excited about the things that I ended up buying.

Quite a few things I ended up buying as gifts for family and friends, but there were some things that I bought for me. Treat Yo Self. As you can see, most are miscellaneous goods, with a few clothing pieces thrown in for good luck.

Here’s a quick run down:

• Harry Potter socks
• Christmas gnome
• The Cartoon Introduction to Philosophy
• The Night Circus
• Magnetic bookmarks
• Llama sticky-notes
• Powell’s Tote bag
• Hand-made yellow messenger bag from the market
• 2018 diary
• Painting of Seattle
• Bring Your Own Book – game
• Portland postcard
• Powell’s Mug
• Ginny Weasley Funko Pop Vinyl
• First Nations totem pole from Canada
• Victorian wooden house
• Make up
• Cute pieces of crockery for the new items in the Etsy shop
• Blue embroidered scarf
• Sparkly black skirt
• Floaty floral kimono top thing
• Pretty blue lace vest
• Blue floppy trousers
• Black and white dress
• Peanut butter M&Ms

When I write it down like this, it’s actually quite a lot! Pretty proud of myself that I only bought 2 books, especially seeing as I went to Powell’s Books not once but twice during my time in Oregon.

Have you been on any shopping sprees recently? What did you buy?