Christmas List Shopping

As I mentioned last week, I have a few things that are definitely on my Christmas list. It’s been extremely hard for me to decide on what I want this year or to even give my family an idea of what I’d like {other than a MAC gift card, duh!} Luckily, everyone in my family does their Christmas shopping late so I have a few more days to figure it all out. However, this weekend I made it to the mall to do a little browsing in hopes of finding some things I like. Anyone else do this?

First of all, I went into the perfume section at Macy’s only to find out they didn’t have any of the little tester cards and some of their bottles were completely empty. Needless to say, I was not entirely thrilled when the sales lady proceeded to ask me what I’m looking for {“I’m just browsing”} and what my favorite perfume is {“Gee, I just have so many”} – if I want help, I ask for it. Sephora was much more accommodating although I felt a bit foolish when I busted out my pen to write the fragrance names on each of the cards I had sprayed. I think I may have finally found a winner for this year’s new fragrance. I think.

I also tried on a bunch of clothes at the mall! This is huge for me, folks. This girl hardly ever shops and, when I do, I find one {maybe two} items I like enough to try on. The best part? I even liked some of the clothes enough to want them for Christmas.

 

Apparently I wear a lot of oranges and browns.

Oh, and H&M is officially my new favorite store. I forgot how much I loved that place after living without one in Utah for so long. Now, if only they’d open a Buckle around here! That was my new favorite store out West :(

You guys, I’m starting to like the suede elbow patch trend. I do not know why.

I ended up finding a flannel in colors that are actually in my color palette {unfortunately, bright blue and red are not} so I went with that one instead of the shirt above.

I ended up going back to the mall later that night to purchase the items I had added to my Christmas list. {Thanks, Mom and Dad!} While I hate that I can’t see or wear the clothes until after Christmas, it was such a great feeling to know I have some new threads to look forward to! It has certainly been a while!

There’s just something magical about the mall at Christmas time. The soft music in the background, all the holiday sparkle, and carrying a million bags around. We lucked out with no lines or traffic. That always helps :)