My New Wasteland

Ever since I read this post from Lootwagonista, I've always wanted to check out Egg, a local store that sells accessories and trinkets.  I've been desperately searching for a pouch that will hold two phones comfortably, just like the pouch Aimee featured in her post.  Unfortunately, there aren't a lot of Egg outlets near my home or office.  Last weekend, I finally spotted an Egg store in SM MOA!  Yay!

Behold my new abubot wasteland:


Connected to Egg was this store called Simplejoys, another store selling mostly accessories:

Apparently, Egg and Simplejoys are owned by the people behind Regalong Pambahay.  Definitely local brands then. 

This Egg/Simplejoys branch reminds me a lot of the British brand Accesorize.  They both sell bags, jewelry and other girly stuff, and the sheer volume of stuff in the store can be nauseating, in a good way :) 

I went straight to the pouch section, which was the reason I dropped by this store in the first place:

So many pouches to choose from!  Those floral printed ones are like Liberty of London prints.  Sosyal.

They had some cute bags too, including these brightly-colored satchels (faux-leather only):

I grabbed the black hand in this display, thinking it was for sale.  Pang-display lang pala.  Seriously, where can I find a hand like that?  It would be useful for storing and displaying cocktail rings.

They even had these Swatch-inspired jelly double-strap watches just like mine (forgot to check out the price though):

Even the paper bag is kinda cute:

So I ended up getting what I planned to in the first place, and nothing else.  I chose the most plain-looking pouch design in olive and pink leatherette material.

Finally my two phones have a home and I don't have to scrounge around my bag anymore to look for them.  The pouch has an extra flap at the front, and that's where I store my flash drive.

For local brands, Egg and Simplejoys stuff are relatively expensive though.  The pouch I bought is P285.00 (approximately US$6.50).  The good news is that they have an outlet store located in Pioneer St. near the Kapitolyo in Pasig, which sells merchandise at 20% off retail price.  I'll definitely check that out one of these days.