faboo mama

To beat the heat, we decided to run to the Fashion Park at Santa Anita (yeah, it’s now a Westfields, too). My goodness. I try not to spend any amount of time in malls. They depress me to no end. We went in and hit the food court. Ilia said, “What is this place?” That’s when I realized that my child has no idea what a “mall” is. In her 4 years of life, she’s been to the Beverly Center 3 times, Fox Hills Mall twice and it’s up in the air if she’s been inside the mall in Laguna Hills. Out of all of those times, only one of those visits has been in the last 2 years. Her shopping experience is usually small local stores, places like The Grove and online. I think I’m going to keep it that way.

Yes, she liked the two tier carousel (she didn’t ride it) and she was fascinated by the germ-pit indoor playground. But I was utterly amazed at all the sports shoe stores (I counted 8 before I got bored), the number of T-Mobile stores (3) and the fact that the mall has 2 GameStops. Two. But the most amazing store in the whole mall is called Sword in the Stone. I wish I could find an online store. The place sells swords. Lots and lots of them. It was like stepping into an alternate reality. They also sell, hand axes, those ninja star things and light sabers.

I will say that I probably won’t head back there unless Lane Bryant has a really good sale…or maybe the Half-Yearly sale at Nordstrom. It was depressing. Worst part: The 45+ year old woman who’s face looked like she was addicted to plastic surgery, dressed and dyed to match her 5 and 7 yr. old daughters. That’s some Westside stuff. Never thought I’d see that in Arcadia!

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