Monday, December 22, 2008

adventures in shopping

Today Carl and I took Raine and Shelbi (our niece) shopping for clothes which were Shelbi's Christmas presents. We needed her to go since we didn't know what sizes she wears, nor did we know her tastes in clothes. Our budget wasn't large, and we wanted it to go as far as possible, so we went to Ross, where she picked out 5 tops that she liked. Then it was off to the outlet mall, a little ways down the highway. She scored 2 pairs of sketchers (and Raine got one too) in one store, two pair of pants and two pair of leggings and another top from another store, a hoodie from yet another and a dress in a different store. Total for everything? about $100. woo hoo!

Our color scheme for the day seemed to be brown and pink. The dress she chose was a pink velour kind of thing, with fur at the collar and cuffs. Very cute for Christmas. It was also all stuff that Raine turned her nose up at. So, I got to do some girly kid shopping with my niece, which also was rather a treat.

The outlet mall was pretty busy, but the mall part was spacious enough to not be crowded, and being out doors helped as well. Some of the stores were smallish, but the crowds were manageable. Their parking lot is no where near as big as some of the malls, and it was an easy exit from the highway. Know what's better? When we left it was an easy entrance back onto the highway as well. So, I had kind of been avoiding the outlet mall, but it really wasn't bad at all.

1 comment:

Fran said...

Outlet malls? Near Cruces?

We've been away too long.

But such a great haul! That's some excellent shopping!