Loyalty will get one far in life. Loyalty brings happiness (usually, unless you're loyal to an absolute ass), loyalty brings you comfort (see above sidenote), loyalty brings routine.
Loyalty has now become a negative issue.
I have discovered that my loyalty has a breaking point, a point which usually is far away, a point which usually never comes, a point which came today. I have decided that I will no longer be loyal.
I am now boycotting the Galleria on a weekend, or any day before noon.
Jesus Christ, I don't know what I was thinking. Why the hell did I want to go to the Galleria on a Saturday afternoon? I should've realized things were going to be bad when not only did I see parking lot attendants, but they were wearing Santa hats. Sigh. Holidays in shopping centers have now begun.
After spending a few hours a the gun show, I decided to be girly and go shopping. Some happy money came in from work and I wanted to buy myself a nice present for working so hard as a high school teacher. So I went off to the Galleria.
Wow. Big mistake.
After getting into the parking garage, I zipped up the ramp and had to stop pretty soon. So I did. And I waited. And waited. And waited. And waited.
I waited for 20 freakin' minutes. No one was moving at ALL. I asked an attendant, and he said that the exit was blocked, which caused the huge traffic jam. Finally, a woman came out of the mall and got into her car and zipped out the other direction, and I zipped my little car in. Phew!
Once in the Galleria, I went into about 10 stores before finding the purse I wanted. Man, I searched. And I wished I got paid more. Finally, I found a bag at Nordstrom's that is stylish, attractive, well-made, and at the amount I was willing to spend (unlike the $1,000 Dior bag I drooled over).
Now all I had to do was escape from hell. Luckily, I was in hell long enough for the traffic to die down. I escaped rather quickly, and unscathed.
I'm saddened by the state of my once-favorite place. Sigh.
Cheers!
2 comments:
We were at Reliant stadium this afternoon and drove on the loop past the Galleria traffic about 5:30 this evening.
Ouch. I would hate to have to be down there on that road dealing with that many other people, all trying to get to what seemed like one place.
Ugh, I always say I'll have my holiday shopping done by now...and I never do. Last year about 2 weeks before Christmas, I lucked out, got to the Galleria around 11 am on a Sunday and had the whole place pretty much to myself! It was bliss!
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