the goods.

since i didn't take a picture of my packed lunch for today, i thought maybe i'd share the supplies i stocked up with on my two trips to daiso.  it's not much, as i am just beginning my bento collection.

(these pictures were taken with the camera on my iphone)

this is the first of two bento boxes i purchased.  yellow, with a faint design and little white flowers, it's a 600 mL total capacity.  i'd get out the ruler and measure it for you so you can get the idea of dimensions, but it's getting closer and closer to bedtime and i'm lazy:

this is the second bento box i picked up.  it's also a 600 mL total capacity, and the top cover's prose reads: the life that bounced.  i wonder who translated that and from what japanese phrase it came from.  i like this one a lot because it has a compartment on the cover for chopsticks, but that can also just be extra goodies space.  this box is skinnier and longer than the previous one.

food picks and food separators.  oh, and my chopsticks that match the pink bento box, but oddly don't fit into the chopstick compartment on that box.

those silicone cupcake cups are used to separate food.  the cookie cutters are for cutting shapes into fruits and veggies.  and the things that look like clappers are actually onigiri molds.

these are condiment containers.  they're really small, but apparently just the right size for dressings and sauces and all that other good stuff. i love the monkey ones, they're for spreads, and the bananas are actually little spoons to scoop and spread the goop.  the thing on the far left is the butterfly belt used to hold the bento box together while it's filled with food.  and those clear containers on the top right are for furikake.  i took the liberty to fill one of them with the good stuff already.

i also purchased hard boiled egg molds, but they were in use when i took these pictures.  aren't bento supplies just so cute?