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Inconceivable shopping

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I have many hobbies such as listening to music, going to movie, talking with my friends, especially going shopping. I often go shopping in Japan, actually I'm enjoying going shopping in America. I have experienced unbelievable shopping.

First, the size is huge in the stores. When I went to Walmart for the first time, I was surprised that the shopping cart is twice the size of one in Japan. I thought I could get on the cart. I couldn't move it very well. I also noticed that we put goods in a shopping cart directly in America, but Japanese often use a shopping basket. We put our shopping basket in our shopping cart, and then we put goods in our shopping basket or we use our shopping basket only. Of course, I was surprised size of food, too. I'm sure that I can't see such big size in Japan. I have never seen such big milk, yogurt, pizza, snacks and so on in Japan. I can share these big food with my roommate, and we can use a shopping cart together.

useful Walmart and delightful Valley Mall
Second, I can't believe that merchandise is sometimes broken. When I went to a clothes shop, I found a ring that I wanted to buy. I took it in my hand, but it was broken. There was not enough accessories on the ring. They had come off the ring. I tried to find another one, but I couldn't find one. I thought it couldn't be helped, but when I went to the different shop. I experienced the same things again. I found a pair of sandals, but the mate had no button. I could not wear it. If a broken part is small, I can understand, however these broken things had big faults. In Japan, it doesn't happen.

Finally, I often see joyful signs. For example, I see "Buy one, Get one Free." It's a good sale. I can sense it's profitable. In Japan, a sale isn't held many times. I want this system in Japan, but I have to be careful about this sign, or I will buy many goods even if they are not a necessity.

I experience many incredible things when shopping in Spokane. They sometimes confuse me, but I can enjoy them. I want to go shopping more and experience a lot of new things here.
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