So I've been wanting a djellaba for the entire time I've been here...
Let met tell you what a djellaba is: it is the traditional Moroccan dress. It is a robe that has a pointed hood and wide sleeves and a decoration down the front. I promise that I will eventually have pictures...
So I had been seeing them in the medina, occasionally asking for prices. I got answers that varied anywhere from 300 to 800 dirhams (i.e. 35 dollars to 100 dollars). I decided I wanted a nice one, but I wasn't going to wear it enough to warrant buying an expensive one. So I started trying them on... some were beautiful but of the wrong material, others were just too expensive. So eventually I found it... of course I'm me, and I wanted something that goes with everything and therefore I got black with white decoration. It was obviously not hand made but it was beautiful and I got it for just 300 dirhams. Moreover, the ladies I bought it from were a lot nicer than the ones that I had talked to before; plus, I think I accidently bargained down from 350 by not understanding that they were saying 350 and thinking they said 300.
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