Crazy Shopping Experience (June 16)

Saturday, June 16 we went shopping at Albrook Mall. It was very big with two floors of stores and it spread out over many square feet. For a frame of reference, Cleveland friends think combining Mentor Mall with Richmond Mall. Tallahassee friends, think Governor’s Square Mall plus Tallahassee Mall, and maybe a little more. It didn’t have your American department stores but they had their own type of department stores. There also was this store like Marshall’s or TJ Maxx with clothes costing $0.99 and shoes costing like $2.99. It was very crazy in there. It made me wonder what it would be like living in China where there is just so many people you can hardly walk around and have absolutely no personal space – that’s how crowded it was at the mall. I didn’t buy much of anything. I found some cute red pyramid earrings to represent my sorority but that was about it. They have plenty of American eateries in the very large yet under furnished food court: Popeyes, Dairy Queen, Dunkin Donuts, KFC, Pizza Hut, Wendy’s, and of course McDonald’s. We sat at these kiddie tables, should have taken a picture because it was a funny sight. Fortunately there were a few taxis waiting outside the mall so we didn’t have to wait for one when we were done. The rest of the day was pretty uneventful. I watched some TV, tried calling friends who DIDN’T ANSWER THEIR PHONE (you know who you are), talked to the family and that was about it. Oh, Yolanda and I went for a walk around the neighborhood just to get out the house and get some exercise. I watched one of my favorite movies – Teen Witch – and then fell asleep.