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| - i first heard about this place when my BF at the time gave me these gorgeous day of the dead skull barrettes for christmas. they were really very nicely detailed and so unique i demanded he tell me where he purchased them.
it took me almost a year to check out Go Kat Go for myself, which, unfortunately, was 1. on my lunch break and 2. in a hurried attempt to find a gift for someone else.
there is so much stuff packed into this medium-sized store i felt overwhelmed. my random and exasperated-yet-impressed walking about was clearly obvious to the owner, who asked me if i needed help three times.
since i had no idea what i wanted - a calendar of traditional mexican art? a coffee table book on luche libres? a shirt of the virgen de guadalupe? tiki glass set? a car freshener that looks like a steak and smells like BBQ meat? a skull and crossbones makeup travel case? custom and locally-made hair bows and flowers? - on the third offer i took her up, attempting to explain what my friend liked. oddly enough, she laughed, "we have so much stuff here, even i lose track." so we scoured her shop together, lifting up items for approval/opinion from the other.
after 25 minutes, i had, on the front counter, a "maybe" pile, a "definitely" pile and a "for myself" pile. my friend LOVED her gifts and i drove away with an awesome St. Otto, the Patron Saint of Parking Spaces air freshener hanging from my rear view mirror. the owner was a doll and i can't wait to come back when i have more time and to look for cool stuff for me.
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