Getting a Bao Bao in Japan

You know, at one point of my life the Bao Bao bag (alongside the damn balenciaga) were my dream bags but getting a balenciaga never happened because hell no I ain't paying 6k plus for a bag! I could but money don't grow on trees. Bao Bao was expensive too, for a tote bag.

But only because I've been viewing the US price. In Japan, the coveted Bao Bao is very cheap, but not easy to get. So when a friend asked me to get one for her mom, I said why not! But I couldn't believe that I have to queue just to get a number to buy the bag. Like, seriously?!

Sereyes.

First stop, haul my ass to Kitte Marunouchi store. Braved the mad Tokyo commuters' rush and got here at 9:30 am, because the line starts at 10:15 am.

People started queuing at 10am, only to be told to come back at 10:30am for the official queue to start. -_-

Issey Miyake store at 9:30 am. Hey, a bag fell! Probably has a life of its own. -_-

I am number 15! But wait, number 15 means you are the 15th person for the lottery process. If you don't get a number, bye bye. -_-

Wait, wrong picture. I got #19 (lottery numbers are only up to #20). Roy got #15 which means he gets to go in first and grab whatever's there. Bags are limited though, on the day itself there were only 39 bags. So if the first 14 person buy 2 bags each (one person is only allowed to buy 2 items) so you can do the math lah. -_- Dah lah I cannot swap numbers with my husband. FML! 

The biggest heart-stopping moment(s) is/are when you see the bags just flew off the racks, one by one. The guy in front of me pulak took the last small blue tote that I wanted!!! Bastard. Heard him go "nooo" when the woman in front of him touching the other bag he wanted. Dude, ko shopping handbag kalah perempuan!

2 frickin' hours later. SIMBOL KEMENANGAN.

Hi new friends (they look better IRL trust me). Left pouch and middle tote are for my friend. WHILE I JUST HAD TO GET THE BLUE ONE (it was the last one weh). Husband approved. He said I queued this long I might as well get one for myself. I like his rationale.
I belanja dia Santastic tee for taking the trouble to go through this pain with me today heheh. 

I go to sleep now. Just realised it's 4am already (3am Malaysia time). The sun will be up soon. Bye.