Health & Fitness
Back to School Shopping With Play Spaces and More!
Keep your sanity during back to school shopping by visiting stores where the kids can play while you shop.
Ok parents. The end of the summer has come and the beginning of school is just days away. Hopefully by now you are getting the kids back on a regular sleeping schedule, your clothes shopping is complete, and your cabinets are stocked with groceries for healthy breakfasts, lunches, dinners, and of course snacks. My bulletin board has been cleared for the wasteful sheets of paper schools will begin to send home when they should just use an email system while saving trees.
Yesterday, I took my kids to Roosevelt Field Mall to finish up our school shopping. My daughter grew like a weed over the summer and everything is too short on her. Everything. We stopped by Justice and P.S. From Aeropostale which have become two of our favorite stores. I especially liked the latter because of the Hopscotch board on the floor which occupied the kids while I shopped. The customer service was a bit snooty, but hey, I'm not there to make friends. I just wished the cashier had asked me if anyone helped me as she sorted my clothing. I was ready to tell her how horrible the service was here and that the floor employees were more interested in gossiping than making sure I was finding everything okay.
Shopping at Justice wasn't any better. No one asked me if I needed help or greeted me and I SWEAR the cashier threw my credit card back at me. But I can't prove it so I won't worry about it. Again, I'm not there to make friends. I assume the horrible customer service means that they are paid by the hour and not on commission. That makes a huge difference.
Another favorite store of mine is Gymboree, which I could actually shop weekly if they changed their merchandise more often. I love this store! I love that everything is coordinated and I don't have to use too many brain cells to find matches. Everything is matched down to the socks, hair accessories, shoes, and purses. Boy did I clean up AND I received $75 in Gym Bucks to use when I return in a few weeks to shop for Valley Stream Son if I purchase $150 in items. That's 50% off peeps! No problem there.
