Lets go to the mall...

Today!

The kids needed new shirts for their orchestra concert that happens to be tomorrow, queen of the last minute, my son also needed a black bow tie. Luckily he fit perfectly into Grandpas black suit that was only worn to my wedding and never again.

So after school I picked up the kids and we went to the mall.

We go to the dollar theater on a semi regular basis that happens to be at the mall, but we only go into that entrance and never beyond.

I did work at Parklane Hosiery at this particular mall in the early 80's, we used to see Santa once a year there too, that ended quite some time ago, but we haven't actually been IN the mall for YEARS.

Searching for shirts, we found one pretty easy for the boy at Penny's. I had to remove pins and cardboard to give it a test drive. The girl not so easy. She doesn't like see through, who does? She doesn't like low cut and looking like Hooty McBoobie, I can't blame her, so we ended up at Macy's. A very nice gal helped us and as she was looking through a rack, I realized the shirt my girl was trying on was $75!! Dear lord in heaven, $75! Did it have solid gold buttons? Nope.

Luckily the gal found one that was $39 that fit the bill.

I'd like to say here that never in my life did I ever think I would be shelling out over $40 with tax for a white shirt for my girl, but after seeing the $75 one, I was a bit woozy and did I mention it was Hubbies birthday today and it was getting to be a time crunch. I did also realize the good fortune on not needing to buy a black suit.

We hit the tuxedo place, got the bow tie and went home.

I realized a few of things today.

I DON"T like shopping at the mall, I DID like spending time with my kids on our quest for just the right items. I HATED shelling out over $80 for 3 items they will probably out grow and we'll have to do this again in a year. And when you make a deal with your man for no birthday gifts for each other this year (mine is in eleven days), that morning nookie, a BLT pizza and a Brownie, topped with ice cream, hot fudge and whipped cream, makes for a happy hubbie.