My School Clothes Shopping Trip

My School Clothes Shopping Trip
By Kaye Butler

Once upon a time, two sister-in-laws decided it would be a fun idea to take their 3 girls shopping for school clothes to the Turtle Creek Mall in Jonesboro. I'm not sure what Nicole had dreamed that the day would be like. Kaye dreamt of a wonderful outing. Teenagers danced through the mall with smiles on their faces, shoppers were courteous, and waiters attended to her every need.

The 45 minute drive to Jonesboro was just perfect. The group listened to mixed CD's and sang "on top of their lungs" all the way, bringing those smiles to the surface. Chili's was the groups first stop. The aromas that met them at the door were sinful. Visions of Slammin' Jack Nachos danced through Kayes head.

Kaye learned valuable lessons and they are...
- Watch your waiter CAREFULLY. Their waiter dropped a chip from their bottomless chip basket on the floor, picked it up and started to put it back in their bowl until he saw Kaye looking at him with astonishment. He threw it back on the floor.
- "A Real Nice Shirt" - Code words used by Kaye and Mary Margaret for a hot guy...Mary Margaret(13) says to Alyssa(5)...Alyssa, look there goes a real nice shirt.
Alyssa (5) to MM(13) Not its not, thats a human.
- Mary Margaret orders the BOTTOMLESS soup and salad...the waiter apparently does not know what bottomless means. He blew his breath out and said...you know you are wearing me out ordering extra soup....HE WAS SERIOUS and stomped away to get the soup.

On to the mall they traveled, smiles still in place.

Kaye learned valuable lessons in the mall also...
-Stuck up people from Wynne are even more stuck in Jonesboro
-Children go in the restroom and come out transformed....Aliens live in mall bathrooms...they invade the child's body and make the rest of your day like a living in the Twilight Zone.
-Aeropostale is crowded, purchases from Aero do not improve the moods of the alien kids
-Hollister, crowded, they pump their poison perfume through their air vents giving perfectly nice people major headaches...purchases from this store puts alien kids in a somewhat better mood.
-There are toooooo many kids in the play area....
-Pants that cut off your breathing will not be purchased
-SKULL leather cuffs will not be purchased
-The previous two statements cause the somewhat better moods to disappear
-The smiley kids only return after being bribed with ice cream and playing at full volume the mixed CD full of songs like Beautiful Girls, Glamorous, Fergilicous, Sorry, Before He Cheat and ....I don't Even Know My Last Name ALL THE WAY HOME TO WYNNE.

I even managed to buy myself new bras, pants, shirts and WALKING TENNIS SHOE AND I DO PLAN TO PUT THE SHOES TO GOOD USE when I clean off my tread mill.