Number of Times On the Way to the Mall I Took a Wrong Turn and Got Lost - 2
Blocks away the Mall is from the Hotel - 3

Damn the twisty curvy streets here! Haven't they heard of 'This way to Mall' signs? How am I supposed to know that the big buildings and bright lights was the mall?

Number of Times On the Way Back I Got Lost - 1

East, West, the sun has set! I don't know! Pick a direction and hope it's right. Bah! Wrong again! I'm so glad I'm not a bird. I'd be flying towards Greenland right now.

The mall was pretty huge. I'd have to give it a 8.5 out of 10. It seems to have every mall-type store I can think of, and a good mix of high end stores and cheapie stores. It would have gotten a 9 if it had a better food court.

Speaking of food, I went to grab some dinner there, and I stopped by this place called 'The Parthenon' or something. Anyway, I ask for the gyro plate, and the girl is like 'A What Plate?' Ok, so I'm from Chicago. I've eaten at Greektown. I call 'em YEE-ROSE. 'Can I have a 'YEE-ROE'?' That's what I've been brought up to say. So this little teenybopper at the register is like 'A YEE ROE? Oh, you want a JIE ROE.' yells to the back 'One JIE ROE plate!' And I ask for a receipt. She gives me a blank stare. She asks the other Britney wannabe - 'She wants a receipt.' They both look a little worried, but the other girl calls out to the back, and someone tells her. So she asks me what I got. I say THE WORD. 'I got a YEE ROE plate.' Blank stare. I give in. 'JIE ROE. I got a JIE ROE plate.' Ahh...I see the lightbulb turn on. Ack. Next time I'll just write it down.

I saw the cutest thing in the toy store. I was checking out the latest Barbies they have out (some of them are amazingly tacky) and there was this mother and daughter in the same aisle. The mom is picking different Barbies, showing them to the little girl (she's about 4), and asking which one she wants. So the little girl is saying 'No' to most of them, but then the mom pulls out this Ballerina Princess Barbie or something, and the little girl goes, 'Yeah, that's the one I want, mommy! She's almost as pretty as you!' Can I get a collective maternal sigh? *sigh*

I've discovered that malls are dangerous places for me. If I want to save money, that is. Especially malls that rate an 8.5 out of 10. I had to get out of there because the temptation was too great. So many cute tops. So many pants on sale. So many cool necklaces. *wipes drool* Oh, and the Disney store! Go in there and check out all the adorable stuff they have. The only thing that stopped me from buying stuff was that I can't carry it on the plane. In my head, I also had to chant 'Save money for the wedding. Save money for the wedding.' You know it's getting bad when you're thinking of people you're taking off your invite list, just so you can buy a new pair of pants. But I didn't! Ok. ONE pair of pants. But I need new pants. And I could have bought so much more! Ack. I need help!

Can you tell I'm bored now?

Posted by Yano at November 11, 2002 09:55 PM