I woke up this morning excited for yet another event in little old Perth. I wasn't just eager for the event though, I just wanted to get out of the house. It's only really just clicked to me that April is almost over and I've only had one day out, which was at the beginning of the month, so I was determined to live today to its fullest. I had planned to go to Perths 'Polka Dot Vintage Markets'. It's basically exactly what it sounds like, a huge market dedicated to everything vintage from clothes to records to antiques to weird ass nick nacks. I invited my friend Jade to come with me. I haven't seen her since last year for her birthday and we were long overdue for a catch up. She's into vintage stuff, I'm into new clothes, I thought, let's do this~
We met each other at the underground station and after a bit of confusion (we both came from different train lines and didn't realise that we would be at different exits) we were on our way to the show grounds. Before we knew it, we had arrived and to be honest, it was everything I had hoped it would be. The pavilion was full of dozens of stalls, each with better and better things to offer. I wanted to have a good look at everything, but first thing was first. We made a beeline for the clothing section and had at it. There was such a big variety of clothes, we took at least a good hour to get through all the racks while losing each other several times in the process. There were a few expensive pieces that I had to pull myself away from and I had to remind myself that I was there for the deals, not my usual impulse buys. Once I had a bunch of new clothes on lock, it was time to check out the rest of the weird and wonderful stuff the market had to offer.
Once I felt like I'd seen everything, I gave Jade a quick message and we met each other outside to make our way back into the city. On the train ride back, I was busy online trying to find a Japanese restaurant that would be open on a public holiday. I had a craving for katsu chicken but no luck - or so it appeared.
After putting up with my sulking, Jade sarcastically pointed to a stall opposite the station saying 'What about that? That looks Asian!' I laughed, but decided to have a quick look anyway. It was a just a generic sushi stall but tucked away in the corner, to my delight, was a single bento box of katsu chicken! It wasn't even that expensive either, I was so happy. I snatched it up before anyone else could have the chance to rob me of my good luck and went with Jade to get her the greasy food she had been after. We decided to take our food to Central Park so we could sit on the grass and eat in peace. It was a beautiful day for it and we finally had a chance to catch up with each other. It was a really nice time.
After we felt more rested and our lunch was done, she insisted I showed her the Cheep store I had been telling her about. I decided to take her to both of them, less for the experience and more to have more clothes buying opportunities. Once we were done, we noticed that the sky was beginning to lighten and turn purple. Figuring it must be getting late, we decided to end the day there. We were both pretty satisfied with how everything turned out and promised to do it again soon.
Today turned out to be such a lovely day and I'm so happy to be able to end the month on this note. I got some hella good clothes that I can't wait to wear, some hella good food that I can't wait to eat again and was able to catch up with a hella good friend. I really hope I get to catch up with Jade again soon, we always leave it way too long because of the distance between us but today proved that we really should do stuff like this more often.
Especially if it involves new clothes~
(head over to this months closet update to get a better look at what I bought at the market today)
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