A Trip to the Mall 

Two interesting things I figured out at the mall yesterday:

1) I'm not on crack. All the kids I've seen sort of gliding around are actually gliding around. They've got little shoes with like a rollerblade wheel in the sole. It's the strangest thing ever. Boys and girls, gliding around, looking like they're sort of floating along a few cm above the ground. And yes, I wish I had them when I was a kid.

2) The whole Macy's/Filene's buyout is kind of annoying. I got a Filene's gift card for Christmas, and they were having some huge sale. I figured I should use it now, since I never shop there and would more likely forget I even had it. There was nothing in Filene's, so I headed down to Macy's, since Filene's had a sign up that Macy's will be accepting Filene's gift cards. "Nifty" I said to myself, and walked down to that end of the mall. I found myself a sweatshirt and some comfy track pants and decided to checkout with my haul.

Alas, I hadn't read the fine print. They won't accept them until Feb 1. So, I could put my stuff back, miss the sale, and try to find stuff at some point in the future. Or, I could pay now and then go back on Wednesday and have them hit the gift card and put the funds back on my credit card. I chose that route, but it made me wonder why they couldn't just take the card now. You know, help the customer out and all.

I guess it doesn't matter in the long run, because they know I need to use the gift card and they already have the money from it. Anyway, I think I'm just cranky I didn't get some roller-shoes.