I'm not going too lie... my favorite part about Lima is the fact that it's a huge city. Because big city = big shopping! There are so many huge malls filled with all sorts of stores- quite a few American ones!
I wish I had known before coming here that I was going to have opportunities to go shopping and that malls and shopping centers here are just like ones in the US. Just bigger than any of the ones I've been to. And that a lot of stuff costs the same and you can find deals if you look- just like it is in the US. I wish I would have known this, because then I wouldn't have done things like packed 2 overweight suitcases filled with clothes... Very dumb idea. Thankfully, I was allowed to bring 2 suitcases. I don't know how everyone who was only allowed one was able to do it.
I haven't gotten much of anything since I've been here, and haven't spent much on clothes. But if I find something I like, and it's the right price, I'll typically get it. One of my favorite stores to go to that's a big department store is Ripley. There's also a lot of other more American stores that I like, too, but that is one store that we do not have in America.
What are you eating? It looks like rhubarb.