My New Boyfriend, Dwight Shrute

So yesterday when Kayleigh and I explored our city, which we do every evening after school, we happened to walk past a furniture store. I wanted to go in and look for something to put in my kitchen to store dishes and other random things. I found one little stand that I thought was probably for CD's but it also looked like it would fit just fine in my tiny kitchen. The store owner came over and I asked in Korean, how much? He told me but we haven't learned numbers yet so I shrugged and then spotted a calculator sitting nearby. I grabbed it and motioned for him to type in the number. But then I soon realized it wasn't for sale. Only for display. He showed me a catalogue where I could purchase this same item and after a few minutes of charades, he told me that it would cost about $50.

I was definitely not willing to pay that much so we started to walk out of the store. He then motioned and I finally understood that he would sell me the display for a discounted price. He typed in 25,000won which is like $25 bucks. I grabbed the calculator and typed 20,000 and said the one word I know that means cheaper. He smiled and sort of shook his head but then he ended up agreeing. So my next dilemma is "How am I gonna get this thing home?" It was about a 20 min walk to my apt and this thing was awkward.

So I asked if he did delivery, he of course had no idea what I meant, but then I gestured towards my home and asked about a taxi. He caught on and then looked at Kayleigh and I and motioned, Come on!" We didn't exactly know what was happening but soon caught on that he would take us and my stand to my apt. He left his wife in charge of the shop and we loaded it up in his truck and squished ourselves into the front seat with him. It was hilarious! Where else in the world would I just hop in the car with a perfect stranger? But it all worked out.

So we brought it home and he took it inside for me. As he glanced at my magnets on my refrigerator, he asked, Oh, your boyfriend? I started cracking up, cause I had brought over my Office magnets from home and had four little pictures of yes, you guessed it, Dwight Shrute. I told him no, no, tv star in America. I'm not totally sure he understood but doesn't really matter does it? He drove us back to his shop and we were on our merry way once again. I love when things like that happen. :)