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I recently visited the cutest trinket store ever, which also features a women’s clothing section on the other side of the store. The shop caught my eye while dining at the Quarter Creole restaurant nearby, so I decided to explore it. It turned out to be the most adorable trinket store ever! They have a delightful selection of Hello Kitty items, mugs, Disney merchandise, and many other charming things. I ended up purchasing a lovely Hello Kitty tea cup with a matching plate. The staff were incredibly nice, friendly, and super helpful and attentive. I had a wonderful shopping experience and will definitely be coming back, especially for finding cute gifts for family and friends.

Fantastic store for JellyCat! They also have LoungeFly backpacks and other merchandise like Stanley mugs, candles. I did buy the last gold dragon bag charm for hubby.

The outside was adorable and inviting - the staff, however, couldn’t be less inviting. My friend and I entered the store. We saw a sign that asked us to place our drinks down on a shelf. That was fine and totally understandable. As we walked around, an employee asked us to put our bags behind the register. He was nice enough and we figured this was store policy. However, as we continued shopping we noticed more and more people come in still wearing their bags. They were never asked to put their bags away. These people were all Caucasian, and my friend is not. We were disgusted by the realization that she had been racially profiled. It became GLARINGLY obvious when we were FOLLOWED and stared at. We left the store. When we passed by later we noticed every customer inside had a tote bag and carried them around with no issues from employees. No one should be profiled or discriminated. No one should be treated differently. Really wanted to love and support this store but I cannot support a store that makes others uncomfortable and assumes the worst based on their skin color. Do so much better.

I really wanted to like this store. I thought it was sooo cute. But while I was shopping around, a staff asked for me to remove my bag and place it behind the staff registered. I was confused but did it anyway. He made, my friend and I place our bags on a dirty floor, far away from our reach. What through me off was that other people still had their bag with them. As the only POC shopper, I felt really uncomfortable and embarrassed that I was the only one who was being targeted. I really wished I had a better experience, but with how they treated, I don’t think I’ll ever be able to come back!!

Everyone has opinions, I get it. But it’s very odd behavior for employees to make fun of the products shoppers are picking up. I had an employee, very loudly, making fun of some Taylor Swift items I was interested in. It made me very uncomfortable to the point I put the items I had back and left. They post about having Harry Styles and Taylor Swift merch on their social media, why promote if you hate the crowd it brings in?

Stopped in on Sunday and wow!!! The length of the employees will go to watch your every step and chase you up and down their tiny store. Like can you at least make not so obvious. I'll probably go in one more time just to see if would happen again and next time I won't bit my tongue.

I took every ounce of willpower I had to not spend half my paycheck in here. I want one of everything.

Great place to find thoughtful birthday cards and nice journals for gifts.