Gurnee Mills is awesome because it's huge and fabulous for mall walking, not too crowded on a weekday morning, a nice Starbucks that will give you free warm water for bottle making, and has a free aquarium in Bass Pro so Jason and Ike can be entertained by fish! I wish I took out my camera. That part was cute.
The problem about Gurnee Mills is there's really no shops I want things for myself in (unlike Hawthorn, where I keep reminding myself that spring is coming and I want to be a few sizes down, and therefore won't buy anything), there are a gazillion shops for babies. All in the same area.
Pow! There's Carters! Thwap! Gymboree Outlet! Zonk! Gap Outlet! Kazowie! Disney Store!
I only bought a few things today... I bought a gift for a birthday party on Sunday, and a dress that was on sale for Kayla's first Valentine's day. She had a sleeper with hearts, but Rachelle deemed it "suggestive" to wear a sleeper, and I wholeheartedly agree. And the dress was $7. And super cute.
However, if I could have, I would have spent over $400 in a blink of an eye on Kayla's summer wardrobe. Isn't that one of the fun parts of having a girl? I can dress her in whatever I like until she gets older, right? She's like my little doll and I can play dress up. Too bad the clothes cost money...
Have you ever noticed that if you click on a bunch of items to put in your online cart it almost feels as good as shopping? I didn't do that today. I didn't want to know what my grand total was.
However:
if money grew on trees
if babies didn't grow so fast
if babies didn't spit up
if babies didn't have big brothers who get into everything
if I knew how to get every kind of stain out
if if if...
this is what Kayla's spring/summer wardrobe would look like.
At least for this month.
Next month, the stores will have all new things. And I'll probably do this again.
Baby Gap:
Carters:
Gymboree:
Old Navy
I stopped there, but I know I'd find even more at JC Penny's and Kohls. Oy.
YAY for the strawberry outfit!!!
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