Daiso

Daiso is heaven on earth. Don’t ask me to explain why I love this shop so much — it’s just totally amazing and you need to visit to see if it’s your kind of thing.
This one is at the small shopping centre on Victoria Street and is a pretty decent size. I remember thinking this one is better than the CBD one when I last visited but I’m not totally sure now.
Everything is $ 2.80 and pretty good quality — I’ve never been disappointed with my purchases here and love the selection. They have a whole range of Japanese stuff you never knew you needed and it’s pretty easy to go totally overboard with your purchases. Embrace the roller coaster ride and mild-​confusion and have fun. It’s the actual best.

Daiso is my spiritual home. If you like innovative, unique, handy or otherwise awesome stuff, Daiso is for you!
It sells everything you never knew you wanted. Strawberry bento box? Yep, need it. Bunny shaped correction tape? Essential! Babushka shaped cold pack? How have I survived this long without one?!
Perfect for cute gifts that are sweet but also useful or just to add little bits of fun to your every day life.
The phone cases and accessories here are great too, don’t get sucked into buying from one of those kiosks!

You can literally find anything you need (and everything you never wanted) in this store. Chair leg covers anyone?
This place is a great bargain store that has everything from lollies and crackers to tupperware and beauty products. It can get fairly busy in here as the aisles can be quite narrow as bargain hunters wrestle their way through.
Everything is $ 2.80 so don’t go asking the staff ‘how much is this?’ as they will give you the same answer for everything. (I’ve seen so many people ask twice how much stuff is… it doesn’t change).

It took me about 20 minutes to place this store within a category. What is it? I mean, it sells just about everything. I suppose bargain store would most universally cover it, but it’s more than that. It’s a place where you can buy Japanese slippers at $ 2.80 a pop. It’s a place where you can buy intricate but cheap mugs. It’s a place where I bought a bike pump and a baking utensil at the same time. And everything is $ 2.80. Everything.
This place is a headache, but it’s hella fun to roam the different aisles for a bargain. You might even find something you actually need.

I’m the type of person who loves nothing more than to be unleashed in a decent $ 2 shop. You should never underestimate the vast range of «stuff you never knew you always needed» that these things have, until you scour the shelves.
Daiso takes my fetish to a whole new level. Featuring only Japanese products (which are usually of a markedly better quality than other el cheapo shops) everything in Daiso costs $ 2.80. Random, but true.
Aisles and aisles of quirky and colourful paraphernalia. A whole section dedicated just to bento boxes — could be the dream of an OCD organiser.
Footwear, cosmetics, parasols, things you never even know existed, let alone only cost $ 2.80. BUt the best value for money has to be their home/​kitchenwares. Beautiful Japanese ceramics as a bargain price.
This store can be summed up in one word: Kawaii!