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| - I'm about to type an extremely bizarre sentence that I never thought I'd be typing: I just dropped $40 on ribbon. Three ribbons, to be exact.
If you want to test how quickly you can spend your hard-earned dollars, just set foot inside Mokuba. Your money will vanish in a matter of moments - it's just impossible to spend less than $30-50 at Mokuba.
I asked one of the salespeople how many ribbons they had in stock and she told me, completely straightfaced, that they had 27,000. And that they used to "only" carry 22,000, so this was a huge upgrade.
There is a preposterous amount of beautiful ribbon in the store. Every colour, width and fabric imaginable, from grosgrain to silk, corduroy, velvet, satin, nylon and feathers. All sorts of patterns like plaid, polka dot, striped, floral, bordered, etc.
You'll never see a man in this store, which brings me to my next point: gentlemen, if crafty, stylish DIY hipster girls make you tingle in your bathing suit places, go hang out at Mokuba. All of the staff there is part of the cutesy, romper-and-geek-glasses-wearing crowd, and there are dozens of adorable girls milling around in the store trying to pick out suitable ribbon widths. You'd be wise to make yourself a regular.
Hint: if you want delicate and decorative ribbon that's wayyyy cheaper, I'd suggest Scrapbooks By Design on Queen East. They obviously don't have 27,000 spools of ribbon to chose from, but there are cutesy polka dotted and striped ribbons that cost $1-2 for several metres, vs $10-15 PER metre. More than enough for whatever project you're doing.
Also, how on earth am I the First To Review? Maybe no one else can afford this place?
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