Ollies Place

It seems like I’m buying baby shower presents every week these days!
It’s hard to find a nice happy medium between Pumpkin Patch’s $ 60 items for 10 cm of material, and something from Kmart. This is where Ollie’s Place comes in.
They had the most adorable stuff — a one piece swimming costume that looks like s strawberry, christening or flower girl dresses, pre-​packaged baby shower gift boxes, lots of kids clothes and swimwear ranging from from new borns to around 4 years.
Some of the stuff is still a bit expensive, a swimsuit for a 1 year old for $ 29.95 seems a bit steep, but definitely cheaper than some of the kids shops I was perusing in Claremont last week.

Ollie has got one funky place.
Not having any children myself I am often able to breeze past a cabbage patch or pumpkin patch with ease, Ollie however lured me in with the bees and lady bugs– if ever spots and stripes were to coexist harmoniously that would be how. The shop assistant was more of a bee than a lady bug– visibly inconvenienced by my entrance, when we establish eye contact and she drew a laboured breath i thought she would at least push out a «hello» instead I got a grimace and a grunt as she continued facing shelves.. . no sale from me– no worries, no game face there!
I had a dig through some racks just to see what was going on in the kids world and I must say, a bee styled rashie and swimmers set with a sewn in sting on the bum warranted a call to my sister to beg her to let my niece wear it at least until she was 4! (I figure I have a small window with which to get away with such small pleasures before my niece becomes too image conscious and suspicious of the ever jovial aunty Taz) No luck on that front but the possibilities are endless, what a gorgeous sun smart range with co-​ordinating water proof hats– why don’t all swimwear manufacturers double up on that one– last I checked cancer wasn’t in vogue anymore.
The selection of plush support cushions and learning toys was okay, the other clothes, subject to the odd wings sewn in here and there, was average but the swim wear has made an impression.. . I just have to time my next visit to dodge the bee, Ali style.