booties

i went out yesterday with Bee and a mutual girl friend of ours, Gum. she's japanese but went to high school in the US and went to the same university as me, Bee and Style, here in japan. she works for an insurance company about 2 hours outside of tokyo and comes home most weekends to hang out with friends and get back to civilization.

i was already running late to meet them in harajuku at 1 and when i got to the train station, i realized i forgot my wallet. by the time i got back home, my feet hurt from my heeled boots. plus i remembered that Bee likes to wander the back streets of tokyo's trendy shopping districts, even if he doesn't buy anything, so i changed into my converse all stars. (in hindsight, a more than excellent move)

it was almost 2 by the time i met up with them at Fujimama's, a restaurant with what seemed to be an almost all foreign staff. we ordered in english. the food was alright. i just don't think i picked the right dishes.

after lunch we went to fendi to fix Gum's watch and folli follie to pick up a necklace that Bee's friend asked him to get for her. apparently the necklace is only sold in THAT particular harajuku follie follie store. it wasn't even that cute. but whatever floats your boat.

we eventually wound up in shibuya and took a break in mcdonald's for large drinks and oreo mcflurry's. yum.

Bee had a dinner meeting with an american guy from Nike so we saw him off and Gum and i made our way into 109. she wanted a cheap temporary replacement watch and i wanted to people watch. gyarus galore. i felt severely underdressed in my converse, jeans, a black ribbed turtleneck and beige puffy down vest. we just walked around, gawking at the clothes and the mere mass of people jammed onto each floor and in each shop.

we casually looked at bags and accessories. and shoes. the clothes are all "one size." that one size being "very small." so, i don't even bother looking. but bags and shoes and accessories, oh my!

in the end, i walked out with a cell phone sticker made of pearly beads in the shape of a j. (Bee calls it "bedazzling your cell phone.")

and two pairs of...booties. you know, the "must have" fall shoe?

yeah. uh...who am i again?