I must admit, when Crocs first debuted, I nearly fainted at the sight of those holey plastics. So ugly!! Who would pay so very much for a pair of plasticky porous footware?! But... as time passes, the shoes evolve, and I must say that the newer editions of Mary Janes and slip-ons look passable, and even chic.. except for their sometimes outrageous colours like bright orange and luminous green. =P
Anyways, last Sat, me and dad were cruising around in the East when I suddenly remembered an advert in Straits Times that mentioned an 'Up to 80% Crocs Sale @ Expo', so we decided to be S'porean and swing by to take a look.
Dad almost immediately walked away at the sight of 500 metres long queue outside the hall. But we perservered (or should I say - I made him perservere), and we got into sale ground after a half hr wait. The next hr was actually rather enjoyable because although the crowd was big, noisy and occasionally overly aggressive, the sale is truly authentic! Real stuff going for a weeny fraction of store prices (e.g. ~$100 shoes going for ~$20)! Crocs fans almost went into shock. You should see their bulging bags of shoes, shirts, bags, caps etc. Like it's free! =P
Inside the hall I
Inside the hall II
Queuing up to pay
For us Crocs first-timers, it was a comparatively conservative couple of pairs of shoes plus some kiddo shirts for my toddler cousin. The worst part of it was at the end, when we had to make payment... If the queuing up to get into hall is described as a 2.4km run, the queuing up to make payment would be a full Ironman trialathon. Utterly utterly straining on my pair of strong legs. Imagine a 1.5hr wait, holding my shopping bag, standing and shuffling along with snaking lines of ppl.. worse than CNY bazzar! I should have brought a book to read. =P Lucky the hall was well-ventilated and one can eyeball what neighbouring 'queue-rs' have bought. But it was still quite a nightmare, and I think it'd be some time before I will participate in such Expo sales again. =P
Some of our purchases
Having said that, all tends to be forgotten when I look down at my own pair of outrageously-coloured, plasticky (but very comfy) Mary Janes. Till next time!
2 comments:
wah!!! purple crocs!!!!!
eh, remember we were tog in the crocs shop at Vivo??? ;-)
yah, that's the first time I really entered a Crocs shop loh, and actually it was that time that made me realise that there are some nice designs around (besides holeys), so da-tah, u have a role to play in my acquisition of the purple Crocs! wahahaha =)
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