Ukay-Ukay Sunday

A growing tradition between me and my sister is to see each other during the weekend and spend half of the day strolling around somewhere, indulging ourselves with good food and sometimes, splurging on some cool purchases. Last Sunday, we visited Anonas and this three-storey building full of… ukay-ukay!

I’ve mentioned before how I’ve become used to buying from thrift stores mainly because there are a lot of them in Batangas and well because, there’s really a lot of good buys inside those smelly stores. I heard from one of my blockmates this building full of thrifted clothes and I don’t know anyone else who will be as excited as I was when she hears this good news.

First sighting of ukay-ukay in Anonas

To get to the ukay-ukay building, turn right from the South exit of Anonas station, and from there, you’ll see sidewalk vendors selling finger food, DVD’s, cheap accessories. I forgot to look for a landmark of where exactly was the building. I remember though that you have to pass by the supermarket first, but the building is before the church. It’s easy enough to find this building since there were a lot of people going in this direction anyway.

From Katipunan station of LRT2, we stopped at Anonas station (which was only one station away from Katipunan btw). I wasn’t familiar with the jeepneys yet, so it was safer to ride the LRT, although next time, it’s probably cheaper to ride the jeep than the LRT.

At the foot of the stairs, we were immediately greeted by this big store of ukay-ukay clothes, bags, and shoes. Luckily, they were on sale, with clothes for as cheap as 20 pesos! I managed to buy a dress and a top for less than a hundred pesos. My sister was even luckier; she found a Nike hoodie for only 30 pesos! Haha! Super bargain buy right there.

 The 50 Peso Store 

 Inside the building

 Shoes for less than 300 pesos

 She likes 'em bags

 These unopened boxes give me reasons to come back hihi

For more than two hours, we were just coming in and out of stores, looking through racks and racks of thrifted clothes. I think it was their sale season since all the stores were on sale. I was happy to find this store that sells all clothes for only 50 pesos each. If you’ve been a regular ukay-ukay buyer, you would know that clothes that sell for only 50 or so pesos are those latak clothes, or clothes that were left behind already after months of being displayed. I was very happy to see that the stores in Anonas had great choices and were not latak. Another thing to take note of is that the stores have fixed prices. Maybe I was just shy to ask, but I think bawal tumawad, especially since the clothes are already on their rock-bottom prices.

By the time we got to the fourth floor of the building, I was already tired and didn’t have enough energy to look for anymore clothes. There was this thrift store that sells old books and toys as well. If only I wasn’t tired, I would have spent more time looking through their items.

 Happy with her purchase - watch for only 50 pesos

 Sneak peek: lots of prints right thurr

Rundown of the things I bought that day:

2 dresses                          30 + 180

2 tops                               20 + 50

1 tunic                              50              

                                      P   330

All of that for 300 pesos?! I mean, they're not new and may have been worn by people already dead, or people with AIDS, but just knowing that clothes like these can come really cheap is enough to make me giddy. This won't be the last time, Anonas!

On my way home I saw these cute little inflatable penguins along Katipunan Avenue. I wanted to buy, but I didn't know what to do with them. 

They looked even cuter when they were swaying back and forth