so we get there around noonish, afraid that it might be hella crowded (it being the weekend before christmas weekend) but to our surprise, the parking lot was rather... empty. we were a bit puzzled but not one to second guess good karma, took one turn into an aisle and then BAM!!!! open parking spot. the parking gods are smiling down upon us.
to our dismay we then found out out that we were in the external small part of southcoast plaza, the main mall was across this big ass street which u ahve to walk across a skyway to get there. which explains why that side had no cars in it, cuz it had no stores other than Macy's Home, Nike, and some restaurants. oh well, it's a light walk, plus we could use the walk seeing as how we were going to be eating junk food and drinking later on in the day.
here's one thing we noticed when we noticed when we were walking around the mall: we're pretty efficient shoppers. we know what we want, we know where to find it, and we know if it's not there, give up and move on to the next store. that kind of shopping is easy and straight to the point. i like to call it: "blunt shopping" hahaha...
in order of the stops that we went to:
1. Burberry - not too hard to shop here, found the items we were looking for but it was quite odd that when it came time to pay, there was no helper to help us. we were a little puzzled cuz stores like burberry, LV, gucci, and the sorts, if u're ready to pay, there's no "cash register" line where u line up like other department stores. you just, pay at any counter that has a person in front of it. tho it being christmas weekend, it was rather difficult finding a free clerk, but eventually we did find one and was off on our merry way.
2. Corner Bakery - the last time i had corner bakery, i remember very well. my last quarter at UCLA, finals week, scotto comes to westwood to have breakfast with me and the guy pays for my meal (on company expense too!!! HOLLAA!!!! i even ordered an OJ that time cuz scotto felt extra generous... thanks again man!!!) so anyhow, had my panini but could only finish half.... i was quite puzzled by that myself....
3. Sephora - in hopes to try and find a new cologne that i wanted to wear, i concluded that armani mania really is my scent. also, i found a pamphlet that lets u know what ur cologne says about you. Armani Mania puts me in the Woody Notes which for my personality reads: "you'd much rather spend intimate face time with a small group of close friends than hitting the bar scene. Friends love coming to you to be nurtured and for ur keen listening skills. when it comes to romance, you wear ur heart on ur sleeve." u'd be surprised how true that actually is about me. as for alice, i believe her dior perfume puts her in the floral notes which for her personality reads: "you're a sap for sunsets, red roses, and holding hands. ur dream gift would be a year's worth of fresh flowers delivered to ur doorstep every week."
4. Brookstone - i almost got attacked the the roomba vac that they had running around the store. the thing literally had a mind of it's own and was gunning for me the whole time. i thought it was hella cool.
5. Abercrombie - now, the first time i came to southcoast plaza i was surprised to find that abercrombie actually started putting models in frotn of the store. before they would just hang huge ginormous pictures of MY abs as u entered the store, but now i guess, they need the real deal. so they put some dood there, with chiseled abs and as well as a girl. last time i went, i was with trev, and i could not resist but take a picture:
i believe that was back in the summer and when alice and i returned to the store this time, was a dood with even more AWESOMER abs and no girl. seriously, the dood had such awesome abs that there were shadows under each pack, if ur cut enough to have shadows... that's pretty damn awesome in my book. not to mention EVERY girl as they walked into the store would stop, look down, smile, and then be off on their merry way into the store, not remembering what they last said in conversation with whomever they were with. if i was the guy that was standing there, i'd be like "that's right." haha... i was almost actually tempted to go up to the guy and ask "so... where can i find the shirt ur wearing in the store???" =P but seriously... why does abercrombie sell shirts at all if none of their models nor any of the ppl in the posters around the store are wearing shirts?!?!?! boggles my mind if u ask me... but having the model out in front is beneficial to the store. every girl is tempted to walk in cuz to them, that's like major eye candy. and every guy walks into the store thinking, man... if i buy a&f crap, i'd look like that.... holla... hahaha... needless to say, it works...
6. LV - of course, nothing much more needs to be said about that
7. charles david - shoe shopping! alice got new shoes, and hot ones at that. definitely head turners.
and after all that, we were done. what did i learn? yes, we are effiicent shoppers. i also got a brief introduction to Girl's Jeans 101. aside from seven and citizen jeans, alice taught me the many different other type of designer jeans that cost like, 10 times more than the jeans that i purchase for myself ($13 on clearance at the gap.... how much more awesome / generic can i possibly be). at the end of the lesson, the key to telling good jeans is.....
*drum roll*
stare at her ass and look for the design
someone once told me that those $150 dollar jeans make ur ass look hella good; but now i see it's all a facade. what's REALLY going on is that ppl just KNOW they are $150 jeans, but u can ONLY tell they are if u see the design on the ASS. so EVERYONE is looking at the ass; girls AND guys. so psychologically, when girls are walking around with these jeans, they notice everyone's staring at their ass; so in their mind they think.... "damn... these jeans must make my ass look good cuz everyone's staring at it" hahaha... and after an afternoon with alice, i now know what to look for...
and knowing is half the battle...
**G.I. Joe theme plays in the background**
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