Sak's of Cash

Seeing as it was the long weekend my parents decided to take my younger brother and I to the States for some shopping. We usually head to the closest outlet mall which is in Niagara Falls, Buffalo, NY. We crossed the border without complications and arrived at the outlets soon after. After taking a short washroom break we would have begun to raid the outlet except for one small detail: the outlet stores did not open until 11:00 a.m. Seeing as it was only 9:15 a.m. my family decided to head towards a mall that we heard was close by. I suppose I was eager to head into Macy's to find some reasonably priced "high end" brand name clothing. We arrived quite a bit later, roughly 10:15 due to our extremely slow driving only to find out that the mall too opened at 11. We sat inside the mall waiting patiently for the stores to open and once they did, we were in the stores browsing. I found this mall to be lacking in brands that I wanted and so I didn't spend too much time perusing the aisles. Macy's proved to be a disappointment leaving me with one glimpse of hope for the clothes I was hoping for; Sak's 5th Avenue store in the outlet mall.

It was around 12:30 when my younger brother commented on the time seeing as we should probably have lunch. Both my parents and I were unfamiliar with this particular mall and thus were a bit puzzled as where we could head to grab some non-food court grub. We decided that the Chili's in the mall plaza would be the best bet. As I perused the menu, I drifted towards the fajitas section glancing at the different options. I ended up choosing the Buffalo Chicken fajitas and a coke as my lunch. Seeing as we were in the States, the portion size was rather large compared to those in Canada and I had difficulty finishing the meal. The food was adequate, but definitely not the most delicious fajitas I've had. After we'd all finished our meals and chatted a bit about our overzealous stomachs that were now stretching past our belt buckles, my parent's paid and we headed back to the mall to finish up. It turns out that a majority of shopping still needed to be done as we left the mall around 3:45 p.m. in order to head over to the outlets which close at 6:00. Luckily, we knew where we were going this time and it didn't take long to reach out destination.

My dad and I headed over to Sak's to check out their selection, but were quite disappointed. We both agreed that it was probably better to buy something at a greater cost if we liked it more than to buy something that was cheaper. We left the store empty handed, a feat I didn't intend to do, and walked over to the Levi's store. Although my older brother had already bought me jeans during his previous trip to NYC, I was in need of shorts, part of my summer wardrobe as you may have read in my previous post. I tried on a couple of different pairs and a light grey skinny jean, but ended up only getting a pair of frayed jean shorts. Although I was happy with my purchase, I figured that today should have left me with an empty bank account. By the time we left Levi's the mall was close to closing and so my father and I met up with my mom and my younger brother and we headed home. Our trip across the border was also smooth and the Border Police guy was very friendly.

Overall, the trip was hardly worth my time of obtaining a pair of jean shorts, but it was nice driving around with my family. I suppose it's nice to have money left in my bank account, but knowing me, totally unnatural...

ASOS, here I come.