I love Urban Outfitters. It has cool, quirky gift ideas and items. It also sells clothing. I like the t-shirts, albums (vinyl), boba tea collectibles, and more.
I was ecstatic to see this store at Ridgedale Center. I came here originally to check out Dick's Sporting Goods. Instead, I ended up in a lineup for Hello Kitty items for nearly two hours. After that, I decided to check out the mall and this store.
Earlier this year, at the Urban Outfitters in downtown Toronto, it had a Walkman-like device where you pop in a cassette tape, connect your earbuds to it, and play your music proudly as if you were in the 80's. I sadly didn't see it in this store. Maybe that was a blessing in disguise. I would have bought it, but needed to wait till I returned home to play my cassettes.
I loved the lavender mini waffle maker by Dash. It was in my favourite colour, but I already have a similar one. I passed on it.
The store had notebooks for the stationery lover. It also had mini lightning, from bubble tea, to Garfield.
It truly is an awesome store. I could live in it forever.
Oddly, what caught my attention was a Hello Kitty and friends t-shirt. The Hello Kitty Cafe popup did not have any t-shirts. I ended up getting one here at a cheaper price.
I needed to try it on. I grabbed a couple of different sizes and headed to the change room. I had a delightfully friendly man who took my t-shirts over to a change room, propped the door open with a rather large wooden cube, hung the t-shirts up, and said to take my time and holler if I needed anything.
He took one look at my new Hello Kitty pink canvas bag containing my purchases and asked if I enjoyed the cafe popup. I did! It was worth lining up to experience it and get some cool items. I loved how excited he was for me. His enthusiasm was infectious and refreshing.
I loved his flair and pure joy being at this store. You could tell that he loved working here and genuinely loved chatting with everyone, including me.
I tried both t-shirts on. Both fit. I went with the roomier one. You can't have the Sanrio gang look like they want to pop out of your t-shirt because it's too tight, you know.
He was happy that I got one that worked for me. He took the one that I didn't want and wished me a great day. I reciprocated and kept shopping.
There is a discount section near the change rooms. I saw a mini humidifier, which now seemed like a precursor to my using my mini one towards the end of the trip. This one in the store was cute, but I already had one with me, and two similar ones back home. It was a steal at $5.
I went to pay for my item at the cashout area. I was briefly distracted by the snacks in that area. So evil! My willpower kicked in and I only bought the t-shirt.
I paid with a credit card. All went well. The man put my t-shirt in a reusable, slender bag. I loved it so much that I brought this bag home. I thanked him and left with my purchase.
My t-shirt is comfortable and cozy. I'm so glad that I saved a bit by getting it here instead.
This Urban Outfitters is great. It has items that I love and staff are super friendly. I'd return here when I'm in the area.
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