An article about toe socks on IHT, which I'm sure funny girl will enjoy.

I can never stop myself from buying socks when I visit Daiso. While I'm not obsessed about toe socks like funny girl is, the abundance of adorable socks that sit low on the ankle, with all their stripes and polka dots and what-not, is just too damn hard to resist.

Also about the Japanese, an article on BoF about the changing buying patterns. Reading about the retail patterns of the Japanese never fail to fascinate me.