Mwalling with Mwom

So … it was years in the making … but recently,

I hit the mall with my mom.

Yuhp … she had been anxious to see me in girl-mode of late …

And I was happy to please. 🙂

Now despite seeing plenty of pictures of me … apparently she remained concerned that I was going to exhibit Jerry Springer-type tendencies …

“Don’t wear one of those … what are they called … belly shirts !!”

“No worries Mom … I won’t. I usually don’t show my belly until the second date.” 🙂

Uhhhhh … unfortunately that particular response was deemed not amusing by Mom and resulted in a few rather stern words from her.

Oh well … add another mark to the count of people I’ve irritated for the week.

Now my dad wasn’t quite ready to see me yet … so Mom and I agreed to meet at a parking lot near their house and then I’d drive us to the mall.

Which we did ! 🙂

I have to say … Mom exhibited practically no nervousness … none whatsoever.

Which actually unnerved me a bit !! 🙂

She complimented me on my tasteful make-up (apparently mistaking my laziness for tastefulness !! lol)

And said she was glad I didn’t sound like Minnie Mouse … which for some gawdforsaken reason was what she had expected. Yikes !! 🙂

Before entering the mall … I gave her the brief speech …

“Now … if we run into someone you know, don’t freak … if we’re seperated at that point … I’ll just roam a short distance away until you’ve finished socializing … if we’re together, just introduce me as Amy and you don’t need to go into more than that.”

“That’s not a concern … I shop this mall several times a week and I NEVER run into anyone I know there.”

“Well, then it won’t matter. But I’m warning you … in my experience, if you’re going to run into anyone you know … the odds have increased dramatically today.”

My dad needed a new winter coat … well, not really … but my mom was on a mission to find him one if the right sale price was present.

So first we hit Penney’s … where an acceptable choice was found … but would have ended the shopping trip way too quickly … so we decided to venture further into the mall … Sears was actually Mom’s target … which is generally, inconveniently located as far away from Penney’s as possible.

Which meant that we got to hit a bunch of the stores I like to frequent …

And generated our first Mother-Daughter series of interactions …

“You paid what for those jeans, they’re worn for heavens sake … and used !! What were you thinking? You can’t wear those anywhere.”

“Please tell me you don’t really buy things from in here … it’s just … disgusting.”

“I’m not going in there … look at those clothes, why would you even think of wearing something like that?”

In case you haven’t figured it out … my mom can be somewhat opinionated !! lol

So we finally made it to Sears … with me having decided to pass on the top at Buckle that I liked … at least until my next trip to the mwall. 🙂

Mom was also looking for a rocker cushion set … so we ventured to housewares … and were roaming the aisle when I heard her name mentioned.

I smiled knowingly and continued my progression through housewares … leaving my mom to talk with the people she knew …

And smirked as I savored my pending “I told you so !!” LOL

“OMG !! You were right, I haven’t seen them in probably 15 years ! I used to work with both of them … it was so nice seeing them !! But I can’t believe it !! I never see anyone I know here !! How did you know ?”

I just smiled. We all know how I know that stuff !! 😉

Mom called Dad and he vetoed the idea of getting him any coat … his was fine he claimed.

Whatever.

So we popped into a few more stores in the mall … acceptable ones ya know … the kind that carry the types of clothes any self respecting girl would wear …

But apparently I have a knack for finding inappropriate wear …

“You can’t fit into that.”

Yeah … in all honestly … there was no way I could … but that wasn’t the purpose of me holding it up !!!!

After we wandered the mall for a while longer … we stopped at Linens and Mwore … Bed, Bath and Beyond … and a few other stand alone stores.

We had some emotional moments … when Mom was crying while commenting how she felt she had just buried her son … and when she was asking me some very blunt, hard questions …

But all in all …

It was a very fun time.

A very relaxing time.

And a very healthy excursion for both Mom and me.

Thanks Mom !!! 🙂