Pop fashion ate my brain:

[thanate]

Need shoes. Went to mall. Found shoes, liked ones that would not work, did not like ones that would. Left mall. Got lost. Drove around airport. Found West Nursery Road. Followed it home. Apparently where West Nursery Road lives is very wet. Time for lunch, and contemplation of boot ordering, since they don't appear to exist in this area.

Also, I do not feel that trading Tysons Corner for Arundel MIlls is a step up, despite the giant fake-stone facades of Medieval Times and the Muvico Egyptian. Although really, I very much miss the Tysons of 15-20 years ago, which had a whole bunch of independent interesting shops in it. (Are there still malls like that anywhere?)

Comments

[belfebe.livejournal.com]

I feel your pain. I spent most of Saturday walking all over the Mall (Tyson's this time), looking for a pair of pants that fit. I finally found not one but two at the last store I visited. But it was frustrating.

[greta-k.livejournal.com]

Well, no - Arundel Mills isn't a step up from Tyson's, mostly because Arundel Mills is an outlet mall and Tyson's (both I & II) is a high-end, full price mall. Much as I like outlet malls, they have a different selection due to the lower prices.

Good luck with the shoe search. Shoes are the bain of my existance (although I do have two or three "go to" brands for my very flat and very expensive feet).

[thanate.livejournal.com]

For some reason when I first started getting vaguely familiar with this area, everyone kept going on about how Arundel Mills was just *the* place to be. I think this may have been as an after fencing hang out, though, which filled their requirements by having food and a movie theater. It also didn't set off my "but this isn't a mall; it's tiny!" reflex by being obviously smaller than tysons I. (and it's the closest one I knew how to get to.)

I need to map out what's close to here and sort out what else is within a reasonable drive, and how to get there. I've just been too busy with everything else to get to it yet. (and of course, my shoe problem is that what I want doesn't appear to be stocked east of the Mississippi or at any of the free-shipping mail order places)