The day BEFORE Thanksgiving!
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Wednesday, while everyone was frantically traveling to go see family, Scott and I decided to go to the mall. Now, it has literally been FOREVER since I have stepped foot in a mall and I was kinda nervous that it would be packed (I HATE SHOPPING because of the crowds. Let’s just say me and Black Friday are NOT friends), but the place was pretty empty. We went to buy a suit for Scott, and left with a new outfit for Hudson and SANTA pictures instead!
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First off, the reason no one goes to the mall the day BEFORE Thanksgiving is because there are NO sales… like NONE. We should have known. But hey, I’d rather pay a little more for No Crowds than deal with the Madness Black Friday brings anyway. It really wasn’t a big deal because we only got Hudson an outfit and actually Gymboree did have a sale.
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So,as we were walking the mall near some super nice store I had never heard of (Von Maur???? The name is weird but who cares?!! These people are my new FAVS!!! They have a Mothers Room and it is SWANK! Best place in the mall to change your kid’s diaper AND they have a nursing area, it is pretty AMAZING. Shop there, give them all your money because they are about the ONLY place I have been to that GETS MOTHERS!)…. sorry long middle tangent! Anyways, as we were walking, we saw Santa’s area and it was EMPTY…. NO ONE was in line…. Scott was like, “Hey, we should have dressed Hudson up for Santa and got his pictures taken today.” And I was like, “Let’s do it!” So, we went to Gymboree, bought Hudson a brand new little outfit, then changed him in Von Maur (in the spa-like area for moms) and then we went and got those Santa pictures!! Easy, breezy, and painless!
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Hudson did great. Santa said we had one chill baby! He smiled for the girl, but every time she went back to the camera, he stopped. It was funny, but he was still super adorable! All in all this was one great mall experience! I would do it again next year, but prepare in advance with the outfit!
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