The excitement started building when we got a big exclusive looking invitation in the mail, inviting us to be one of the 1st 100 people in the store to receive a gift card, special coupons, and witness the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony!
We were excited.
Maybe it's because there's not much happening lately. Maybe it's because the temperature in Missouri rivals that of the SURFACE OF THE SUN and we haven't been outside in a while. Whatever the reason, the invitation went on our fridge and we waited patiently for Wednesday, August 5th to arrive.
Free samples! Coupons! Take a picture with Hello Kitty!
So I wait patiently for David to get home from work (he came home early - this was a big deal, after all) and we grabbed our invitation to the Macy's Grand Opening Event.
When we got there, cars filled the parking lot, traffic was backed up for 1/2 mile - we knew this was going to be BIG.
Finally, after fighting a family of 4 in a minivan for a parking spot, we marched towards Macy's waving our invitation (I resisted the urge to say to the people in my way, "Do you have any idea who I AM?!!")
And there it was:
Here's the deal: It's all one floor. It's like 50,000,000 square feet of bright lights and sparkly white tile. It's like being in a super-organized department store heaven.
It was really nice - flat screen TV's and leather couches in the dressing rooms...A big stuffed Hello Kitty shuffling down the aisles every so often...you get the picture. We were excited.
So immediately, David wants to make a huge purchase - to satisfy the Macy's Gods. We were in Macy's heaven, after all. He decides he wants to buy a suit.
This is actually a legitimate purchase, because his favorite suit got a few moth bites in it while he was living in Cleveland.
So we find the Men's Dresswear department on the map and after wandering around for 20 minutes, we end up in the suits (did I mention that for every department, there is a different music being piped in? For the suits, it was smooth jazz. We felt classy.)
Unfortunately, none of the suits are speaking to me - they're all solid black, gray - nothing that would match up to his moth-eaten suit, which is gray with a snazzy pattern on it. So I'm telling David, "no, these are all plain suits - you already have suits like this." But David is already in suit-buying mode...he's ready to make the sale. He has his 20% off coupon clutched in his hand like a man possessed. HE. WANTS. A. SUIT.
So, we start to argue. In the Men's Dresswear Department in the Macy's Heaven, with about 10,000 people meandering around and one large stuffed Hello Kitty eavesdropping on us.
The argument went on for about 5 minutes, but ended when David shouted, "I'M SICK OF WEARING THE MOTH SUIT! I WON'T WEAR THE MOTH SUIT ANOTHER DAY!"
People stopped shopping. I swear, I think the smooth jazz stopped and switched to goofy carnival music. Hello Kitty slowly shuffled away as the Men's Dresswear Department fell into awkward silence. Suddenly, we realized how absolutely ridiculous we were acting.
We decided to walk over to JC Penney's.
The Macy's Grand Opening coupon is good until Saturday - I think I'll be going there by myself. David just can't handle it yet.
