Poundland

Newcastle Poundland = 55 minutes of FUNFUNFUN. I do love me some Manchester Pound Planet, but Poundland is an even more bountiful, well-​organized, and enticing beauty of a pound shop. Wanna know what I bought? Well, I’ll tell you anyway.
Amongst other boring but useful items, Chris O. and I walked away from Poundland with:
Robot dinosaur.
Ninja action figure.
Bunny ears.
Scottish shortbread.
5 large chocolate eggs (in the themes of Simpsons, SpongeBob, Star Wars, Toy Story and High School Musical) for £4!
Hen party stud detector.
Alien strobe blaster.
Candy bling.
Miniature cars.
Princess dress-​up accessories.
I’ve never had such a successful work shopping trip.
Entranced by the astounding manifestation of materialism, industrial production, globalization and sweatshop labor all in one sparkling, twinkling, chocolate-​filled maze of a shop, we almost couldn’t tear ourselves away.
Poundland. It may not be Disneyland, but it’s just as colorful, just as shiny, just as encouraging of you to empty your wallet, and still a hell of a lot of fun.