I upendo shopping! It's one of my favourite hobbies. I once did this for a poll, a couple of years ago. I thought I'd take it a step further. So this is completely in my opinion. This about choosing shops that match their personalities and other little details about them like how they decorate a nyumbani au what their hobbies are for example. The shops that I've chosen are the ones I visit, have walked past, visited online au have actually shopped in.

I've added one extra for Jasmine. One of my Marafiki mentioned it. I checked it out online and I'm very happy with it. I hope wewe will be too.


Ariel



Debenhams has a colourful swimwear collection. They have patterned and plain bold au pretty coloured full swimming costumes au bikinis and beautiful sarongs. I think would be Ariel's favourite part of the shop.




Young at heart. Ariel would spend hours in here. I can see her hanging around the barbie doll section. Buying different collections of Barbie clothes and even buying Barbie Mermaids to play with in the bath.





Ariel loves singing, she loves music. She could learn to upendo dancing freestyle. She has her own style of muziki but if Ariel's beginning is anything to go by. I think she'd enjoy experimenting with other kinds of music. Also the genres of muziki in the duka are Rock and Pop, Dance, Soundtrack, Easy Listening, Metal, Jazz, Soul, World Music, Classical and Hip Hop/Rap. She'd be able to buy some fantastic gifts for her sisters who also upendo muziki and each have their own favourite style. Ariel doesn't strike me as a book person. Unless she made Marafiki with bookworm like Belle. Whether watching ndoto au reality I think she would benefit from watching DVDs. Her curiosity for the human world is very strong. She'd be able learn about humanity through films, documentaries, tv, keep fit programs and more. That's if her adventures came to a stop.


Belle



If Belle was student she'd upendo this shop. The one on Charing kuvuka, msalaba in London is the largest shop. It's got about five floors and one lower ground. It has reference vitabu on everything. As well as a collection of DVDs which includes muziki DVDs except they're all ballets au opera performances. They also have a classical CD collection and sell medical equipment including scrub uniforms. And of course they also sell many genres of fictional vitabu including the classics.




Another book duka to browse in. Some shops have a few floors, some have cafes, some have no floors. But either way they keep the reference vitabu away from the fiction. They also have board games, notebooks and calendars. In my hometown duka they have a colouring book therapy section including coloured pencils and felt tips on sale. It's mainly for adults and young adults to de-stress. The ones that have cafes, they allow wewe to read vitabu wewe haven't bought yet whilst eating au drinking. I can see Belle doing that. It would be relaxing.



Jasmine



Costume Jewellery! Every summer they do bold multi-coloured jewellery, bags and scarves. It will have wewe craving to eat a bag of Skittles au something equally as fruity au sweet. This Autumn they've done brown and gold. However December is coming in and they've changed to zaidi gold, glitter covered bags of dhahabu and silver. Turquoise and dhahabu chained necklaces and earrings. I think jimmy, hunitumia would upendo this shop. They constantly change their range. This store is in Milton Keynes, it's one of the bigger stores. The one in my hometown is smaller and changes every season. The only thing they rarely do is chunky exotic pieces. Still I think she would like it.





All Ears is an independent, family run duka offering a range of interesting and unusual items from around the world. It was established in 1972 and since then has continued to sell beautifully crafted makala rarely found elsewhere.






Jasmanique was established in 2000 kwa sisters, the family run boutique has become a hub of stylish and sartorial activity. The sisters have nurtured their unbridled passion for style and clothing, resulting in a treasure trove of clothing for all occasions and for every woman. Catering for both Western and Asian occasion-wear, Jasmanique earnestly chanzo unique outfits and accessories from across the globe, offering an exciting and unique look with a warm and friendly service. Walking into Jasmanique is like walking into your best Marafiki closet (except it’s full of new and exciting things) as they help wewe dress from head to toe. jimmy, hunitumia is one stylish fashionista. She'd be able to find lots of purple dresses, a few aqua dresses and exotic jewellery as well as headpieces.



Pocahontas & Mulan

Before I continue please understand that finding something separate for these two is very difficult. I could only think of one shop, the same duka for both of them. Which is why I've joined them together.




This duka used to my hometown but it closed down. I used to buy muziki from here. Pocahontas and Mulan are spiritual. So it's only natural that I'd think of Isis. In some shops they provide meditation and therapy. They do everything from Angels to Zen.



Look out for Part 3...