Express Bus Terminal and Dongdaemun

So, the Saturday after Thanksgiving (which we spent with amazing friends here with way too much food), a few of us went to The Express Bus Terminal. So, it's Christmas shopping as well as a fresh flower market that is set up on the 3rd (I think) floor of the express bus terminal. I think we used every form of ground transportation that day. It was perfect timing because we had just discovered that somehow all of our Christmas decor got packed away with my parents stuff and is stored in the States at my brother's house. We were lucky enough to somehow end up with our stockings and little people nativity set. That was it.

We drove to AK Plaza in Peyongtaek and got on the express bus that takes you straight to the terminal. Once there, we went shopping.  It was definitely a bit overwhelming but a ton of fun. If you don't want to spend money, don't go with friends. The other two ladies I was with and I kept convincing each other to buy the same things. We ended up with some awesome, but heavy bags. We still had plans to head to Dongdaemun to get a few things. So, with our ornaments, decorative houses, wooden and golden trees to decorate the outside of said house, a ridiculously heavy wood fence looking thing, we headed to the subway to go to Dongdaemun.

The reason for heading there was that my friends wanted to get some of the Korean re-usable wrapping paper. I had no idea what it was but once I saw it, I too had to buy some. We spent way too much but dang it, our gifts under the tree are going to look amazingly beautiful haha. I also needed to get the rest of my material to finish the duvet cover I was making for our bed. Word to the wise....if you come to Korea and plan on bringing a king size bed, buy all the bedding before hand. You can't get it here and nobody can ship it due to customs. You can use shipitapo.com or myapobox.com, but we didn't want to pay extra for that right now. ALSO, if you ever plan on heading to Dongdaemun, which is the craft/fabric area, take pictures of the aisles and such that you like because chances are you will never find them again without it. We were lucky enough to have done this and were able to find exactly where we needed to be, and rather quickly. One more thing....DON'T TAKE KIDS! It would be too chaotic and hard to keep track of them.

So, after Dongdaemun, we took the subway to Seoul Station and got on a train to head back to Peyongtaek. Once we got home, we went out to eat just to end the kid free day. It was such a fun time. I hadn't laughed so hard in a long time and I loved the company I was with.

This is the dreaded wood that was so heavy to lug around.