Overheard @ Burlington Mall

From what looked like a very able 6 year old boy (or he looked about that age) to his mother on her cell phone:

'Mom tie my shoe'.

Um tie it yourself! He looked old enough to know how to perform this task. Is this how lazy American kids are getting they can't even tie their own shoes? UGH

But wait, there's more!

If you thought 4 months wasn't long enough for a going out of business sale for Alpha Omega - you're in luck!

Last week when driving by the Burlington Mall the signs announced everything 40-60% off store closing forever on Sunday, April 27th.

Today I drive by and there's a new sign" 'No reasonable offer refused. Alpha Omega store closing forever on Sunday, May 4th. UM what happened to April 27th?

Perhaps no one bought much in the 4 month liquidation sale because $2000 for a watch still wasn't really a 'bargain' for most folks. And really after a 4 month sale people expected a better sale price than 40% off!

Free People

has some great summer shirts - at great prices. AND they just opened a store in the Burlington Mall (which may make me think this mall sucks a little less now).

Love the colors in this double striped halter:

How long does it take?

To have a going out of business sale?

I feel like Alpha Omega n Burlington has been having their "FINAL DAYS" of their going out of business sale for like 4 months!? They announced their bankruptcy back in early January / late December. I was in the mall last week (I work right nearby) and I decided to check out the selection. Most of the stuff was only 40% off whoop-de-doo and everything I saw was still over $1,000 - doesn't seem like amazing savings to me - especially after a 4 month liquidation sale.

Apparently today is the last day FINALLY - I'm sick of seeing the people standing on the roads near the mall with those Final Days signs 40-60% off!

Pushy Salespeople

I cannot stand pushy salespeople. Back off! I may or may not buy something - you stalking me in the aisles is definitely NOT going to make me want to buy from you! Flattery isn't going to get you anywhere either. I like what I like and you aren't going to talk me into it. period. I don't care what you say - if I don't like it. I don't like it. End of story.

And UNLESS I ASK for help, I don't need you to point out clothes for me. If I ask for help that's one thing, but unsolicited 'have you seen these pants by blah blah blah', or 'have you seen all the other great colors of that shirt' I don't appreciate. and FYI chances are if I am HOLDING one of the colors of the shirt - I've probably fucking seen the other ones thanks! Where the hell do you think I picked up the one I'm carrying?

So as you can see I'm annoyed about shopping. Yesterday I went to the new Nordstrom in the Burlington Mall and several of the sales people were insanely pushy. I have not had this kind of a situation at the store in Natick - so I was kind of surprised.

I walk in and I'm looking a purse - the sales woman is right up there like I love that one, or this one, or blah blah. It's really a great price you can't beat it. I'm like ok relax, just looking... My friend and I determined they must work on commission.

So I was looking for some clothes for my bf for his birthday. I go over to the men's dept and I pick up a few things and I'm looking at some pants. A guy comes over and asks if he can hold them at the register for me. Sure. That's nice, I like not having to carry it all around with me. Then he tells me his name (which I now forget) and says let me know if you have any questions. Perfect thanks. All was going well.

Next thing I know this other lady comes out of nowhere all up in my grill. She's like oh these are nice, did you see these other pants by blah blah blah, and stalked me through out the entire men's dept! I did my best - I'm all set, if I have any questions I will let you know. Besides I was already kind of dealing with the guy that was holding my stuff and he had already been helpful with some questions I had. She would NOT go away. It was really annoying. It fact the more I think about it I think it could negatively impact Nordstrom if salespeople act like that. It made me want to go back to the Natick one, rather than go to Burlington. I mean the Natick one has a much better shoe dept. already and the salespeople there seem much less pushy. Anyway, she continued to stalk us and offer unsolicited advice as I said things like I'm all set or just ignored her.

Finally I've figured out what I want to get for bf and go back up to the counter where the guy is and pick up the other clothes I already put on his counter to look at everything and check out. He's about to ring me in - when that freaking lady comes back over and basically tries to push him aside and says 'oh she's all set I'm handling this customer'. UM no don't fucking think so lady. In case you don't remember you didn't help me with anything and just stalked me for a half hour offering random advice I ignored... He's like 'no actually I was helping her, and I've been holding these clothes at the register for her'. She was like oh I see all annoyed and walked away. Couldn't she see/hear that he picked up clothes on the register and handed them back to me and asked if I wanted everything I had held up there? Did she think I randomly was buying stuff left on the register from someone else? I thought that was so scummy to try to steal this guy's commission (if they do in fact work on commission).

I mean maybe she's hard up for commission, but perhaps not stalking people while they are shopping would be beneficial to her - maybe people would be inclined to buy from her if they didn't feel harassed. It felt like when you are on vacation walking by those cheap t-shirt shops and the help totally and constantly harass you - like oh you totally need this shitty $5 t-shirt - it's a must with your wardrobe and the price is right. YA all set. Thanks. I don't think I need an ugly beach scene on a t-shirt with the location of where I am airbrushed on it - really I don't. And tye-die fringe - really I'm all set with that too. Thanks, but no thanks. I get annoyed when that kind of thing happens, but I kind of expect it in a cheap t-shirt shop on a beach. I DON'T expect that when I'm buying $200 pants at Nordstrom's!

I'm slacking!

No posts since Wednesday!? I have no idea what I've even been doing besides trying to recover from Vegas. That place just wore me out - although I loved it and can't wait to go back again.

Nordstrom had their big gala event last Wednesday at the Burlington Mall - I didn't attend (as paying to shop seems kind of crazy). Anyone go to it? I want to know how it went. I want to check out the new store but I didn't want to go in there opening day (Friday) or this weekend. Maybe I will check it out Monday.

Burlington Mall

I don't like this mall, but it's across the street from my work so I end up at the mall sometimes.

There are several reasons I don't like this mall:

1: The Macy's is terrible. The racks are so jam packed with crap I can't even move the clothing to attempt to look at it. This really annoys me. Why can't they put out a sampling of the colors/sizes? Instead they put the entire stock of whatever item on the shelves. For example lucky jeans: there are about 25 pairs in EACH size. Is this necessary? Wouldn't, let's say, 3 pairs of each size suffice? Plus I just don't like much of the clothes they sell. I'm extremely picky with clothes, read: clothing snob.

2: The stores don't get much better from there. Let's see I no longer have Jasmine Sola (which arguably kind of sucked since NY&Co bought them anyway). Coach is kind of a sellout these days. I'm sick of the logo. I want stuff to be UNDER stated, not covered in logos. I'm not saying I don't own anything with a logo visible - I do. but I'm over having a bag covered in a logo. Partly because fakes have cheapened them. There are so many fakes out there people often can't tell them apart. All that said, I am going to need a new summer bag because - it's coach silk bag with the damn logo on it. I have been pleased to see coach getting back to their roots and making some understated nice plain leather handbags recently though. So there's hope for them yet. But overall not many stores that I want to buy clothes or shoes at.

3: The food court sucks. In general I hate food courts anyway because they usually have shitty fast food and generally unhealthy stuff. Oh yea and if you do get the salad, which I do and did again today, the lettuce is at that state of slimy leaves with brown tinged edges. It's starting to look less like fluffy lettuce and more like a compost heap. The tomatos are either over or under ripe. Yuck. The only redeeming item in these salads becomes the shredded cheese (which brings us back to unhealthy - not that I don't love cheese but...) Now however the food court is especially shitty. There's only about 4 stores left. Where did all the 'restaurants' go? The whole thing is boarded up shops. It looks like a mall 4 days before it closes forever over there. My hope is that they are trying to clean it up, put in some healthy options (bring back fresh city!) and make it look better for the launch of the new Nordstrom wing.

What's good in this mall?
- The Mac stores are good (makeup and computers).
- The tailor next to Lord and Taylor (I've gotten many pants hemmed there - because pants are now made for amazon women and not chicks that are 5'5")
- The Men's dept in Lord and Taylor (especially the suits).
- Legal's - still the best chowdah around.
- Bath product stores and sephora.
- Crossing my finger's the Nordstrom's doesn't suck. (Note: I've heard it's going to be a "b" store. Meaning no Prada, Jimmy Choo, or Manolo Blahniks. This makes me cry in despair. Please don't let it be so!) They invited me to their gala grand opening event - fancy invite that looks like it was expensive to print. And I'm certainly tempted, but it's $125 to go to. I don't want to pay to shop - as I know I talked about once before in my blog somewhere. As a card holder and a level 2 spender you'd think they would invite me for free. Although the money is supposed to go to charity - so that's not so bad.

What is ok in the mall:
- Sorta/kind of Cheesecake Factory - for the namesake treat of course.
- I used to like Godiva - but the chocolate seems to not be as good anymore. Where's a girl to get some tasty chocolate that doesn't taste mass produced?
- Crate and Barrel (it's on the ok list only because I have to walk or drive to a section of the lot to go there - it's not attached to the mall)

Basically it comes down to this: go to this mall if you need to take a shower, pretty up your face, or buy an iPod. Otherwise, skip it and go to the Natick collection or Copley.