drunk on shoes: family time

So I know you've probably heard of YOLO. But have you heard of FOMO? That's pretty much how I feel at an outlet mall. What is FOMO you ask? It's the smooshed hashtag of "Fear Of Missing Out". Things like sales and discount shopping gets me super stressed because of FOMO. I always think I'm going to regret it and I never want to miss out on a great deal. So I knew I was totally screwed when I decided to go to the Fashion Outlets of Chicago. It's a new outlet mall in one of the closer burbs in Chicagoland. I gotta say, I was pleasantly surprised. The place is shiny and new and wasn't jam packed. I'm sure it was a different story during opening week. I did find it funny that some of the "high end" stores made you wait in line to get inside to avoid crowding the store but then once inside, the customer service was kinda poo. I must have waited forever for someone to get back to me if a shoe was available in my size. Sorry but isn't that just a quick looksee on the computer? Overall I didn't get anything earth shattering, just some staple pieces. We made Papa DOS get some funky stuff at the All Saints store though. One of them being a shirt with a roaring tiger graphic. Totally ups his street cred. And he loved it because he's the year of the tiger on the Chinese calendar. My tiger style beat your monkey style. WOPAH!! It was also fun cruising the mall with my baby sis. Since she's about 5 inches taller than me, I had to whoop out my super high wedges to get up to her eye level. Hehehe. I honestly don't know how she got so much taller than me. She got the height, the darker skin tone, and bigger boobs. Effing wench. I love her to death tho. I rarely see her even though she goes to school in the city. I guess she just needs me for my ID. We are 10 years apart in age but only 1 year apart in maturity levels, me being closer to her age on that spectrum. =D So was it worth the trip to the burbies to shop this outlet? Yea kinda. The Vince store had some great stuff and so did the Barney's store. All Saints was meh on the womens side but the mens side had some nice stuff. Coach had a great sale going on. Extra 30% off errrrythang.