Yesterday I found myself driving to Great Falls, Virginia to spend the day with my aunt. I also found it appropriate to blast Britney Spears' Til the World Ends with the top down...since you know yesterday was supposed to be the end of the world. I figured I might as well share the end of the world spirit with the psychos driving around me on the highway. I celebrated the last day of my life by going shopping for almost 8 hours! That's true end of the world dedication. I've been looking for a bathing suit for this summer for the longest time now, but I could never find the right one. It's so hard shopping for the perfect suit these days. Anyways, my aunt suggested we go to Tysons II ... I never go to Tysons II because they don't have anything. Well actually...let me correct that statement -- they don't have anything because you can't afford half the ish they have. Here's my philosophy on Tysons Corner -- Tysons II is for rich people. Period. You only go to Tysons II if you have the money to buy the stuff they sell or you go there to hate your life and wish you could afford the things they sell. Tysons I is for everyone! *yay*. That's the mall for normal people. For some reason my aunt loves Tysons II, so we decided to go there first. I will say the Macy's there is awesome. I think it's mostly because it's not only huge, but no one goes there. In other words, you're not all up in people's personal bubbles which is what happens a lot at any other Macy's you go to. Long lines at the registers, the sales people have no freakin' clue where anything is, and clothes all over the floor is what you put up with at the Macy's in Tysons I and Montgomery Mall. Not at Tysons II though! So from Macy's my aunt and I decided to get cute matching white shorts from INC. Oh em gee we're going to be so cute when we go to Cali together. We decided when we got home last night that we're gonna go back tomorrow and buy a pair for my sister so it can be a threesome!
After Macy's we decided to scope out the rest of the Tysons II and really just take in the sites. You know how when you go to the mall and somewhere in the middle of the mall there's always a random car on display? And you know how those cars usually tend to be Toyota's or Fords? Yeah, well here's another reason you know Tysons II isn't the place for you if you don't have money. They have three cars on display, should I even bother telling you what they are? A Ferrari, Maserati, and Lamborghini. Have I proved my point yet? Anyways, while taking in the rest of the sites in this incredibly non-crowded mall (another reason why I love going to Tysons II) my aunt wanted to stop at Tommy Bahama. And this store, my friends, is where I found my summer bathing suit, at a reasonable price! The best part was I was in the fitting room with my aunt trying the suit on and the guy that works there kept pulling different styles for me from the racks. My aunt then proceeds to tell me that he's cute (which he wasn't) and that I should go out there in the bathing suit I was trying on and ask him how he thinks it looks. Classic aunt move. Don't worry I didn't do that, that would be like really weird or whatever.
We had seen everything Tysons II had offered to us and we thought it was time to hit up Tysons I. It was like a damn zoo in that mall! Note to self: never go to Tysons I on the weekends. Ever. If you're trying to have an enjoyable mall experience, don't do it on the weekends. One of my aunt's favorite stores is Banana Republic so that was the first store we decided to hit up. Usually when we go to this store I rush toward the sales racks since, you know, I can't really afford anything else in the store. My aunt finds me a pair of navy pants that have been reduced from $89.99 to $19.99. I ended up getting them for $15. Score! Probably one of the highlights of our trip.
I will also take the time to point out that if you are a fan of Forever21, don't shop at the one at Tysons I. Not only is it a legit straight up zoo in there, but the clothes are clustered all over the place and there's just shit everywhere. You have to wait 20 minutes to try something on. It's awful. Anyways, we ended up going back to Macy's and at that point I thought my legs were about to fall off. We had been walking around the mall for about 7 hours. My legs could not take it anymore, but aunt is a champ because she still wanted to keep going. These trips to the mall with her are like marathons, you really need to prepare and train for them. You need to develop a game plan so you don't get lost or lose time on the craziness. There's a lot of strategy that goes into going to the mall with her. And once you're in, you're in.
Rule 76: No excuses. Play like a champion.
No comments:
Post a Comment