Stationery

Its that time of the year again.. school's restarted and there seem to be tons of things that my son seems to want for arts, crafts etc... most of which I suspect are entirely his demands cos he is now a middle schooler! Don't they stop all of that once they graduate from the elementary school?

Not that I blame him. We have discovered this wonderful place in Jumeirah for all kinds of unimaginable stationery items, and faith, I feel like Alice in Wonderland! Heck, I want to buy things, so how can sonny boy be far behind!

So plastic folders for classes became an excuse to drive out some 30 kms from home instead of heading for the nearest Carrefour and we found ourselves at Jumeirah Beach Centre, yet again!. I think, shortly, the guy is going to offer us "frequent flyer" miles :-)) I think its Jumeirah Beach centre but there are so many of these Jumeirah Beach mall, Plaza etc that I am never too sure what the name is. All I do know is that it has a Burger King on the ground floor and the Zaks outlet is there.

Its like being let loose in stationery wonderland. The most bizarre things that you could think of are available - be it paper varieties, thermocol shapes, paints of every type, wall decorations, folders et all.

The array of paints is mind boggling - acrylic, oil, water, glass, cloth. You name it and they probably stock it. The prices however are not for the faint hearted but if you are looking for something and absolutely need it, don't need to look elsewhere!

 

We picked up some lovely thermocol shapes to paint and decorate the garden with. Its a different story how long they will withstand the heat outside :-) before they wilt away but they were just too tempting to walk away from. Now you know what  meant by Alice in Wonderland!

 

 

And of course we picked up a few strips to decorate our bathroom with. I just hope they are as easy to rip off after a year as they were to stick on. Otherwise I can see many an afternoon spent with a washcloth and soap instead of packing!

 

 

 

I also saw some really cute pencils across Grades for elementary schools which talked about star students! Was tempted to buy a 6th Grade star student but figured a0 it made sense coming from his teacher and b) er... they didnt have them beyond elementary.

 

Its a fabulous place to pick up most of your stationery needs. A tad out of the way unless you live in Jumeirah but an absolute must see/browse if only for the vicarious pleasure of being a child once again!

 

 



P.S. Went to the shop again, appears they are opening a really large outlet in Barsha! Yipee!