going shopping in 1992

I LOVE SHOPPING! I don't get to go to the mall a lot because we live so far away. We have places in our town that we can go shopping at but then everyone at school has the same shirt or bag as you do and that is not cool.
I like Big Scotts. They have lots of jokes there- like a fart machine or a fake ice cube with a fly in it. It always smells like plastic inside the store. They have cool school spirit stuff too! Like Green and Gold socks and shirts. And they have the best Halloween stuff.
We also have Edson's which is a more expensive - dressier store. Mom takes me there to get skirts and nice shirts for church.
I like Elly's store even though it smells like perfume really bad. She has funky, cool clothes. I got a really nice band concert dress there that was a baby doll dress with an empire waist.
Sometimes Mom goes down to Maplewood to visit her friend who lives around there or they go out to lunch and then I get to wander around the mall. I am SO ready to spend my allowance. $40 can get you super far! I am like rich!
I mean, I know all the stores I have to go to and lots of times they have sales.
Like The County Seat - I can get a pair of Levis there for $13! Although I really want a pair of Girbauds. Mom said I can order them from Spiegel when my fancy jeans fund gets to be $66.
Then I love to go into United Colors of Benetton - even though I can probably get an umbrella or a little coin purse there but still! I have all of the magazine ads hanging in my room...
Sam Goody has all of the new music that is coming out. Sometimes if I have extra money left over I will buy a CD just to check it out. Their CD prices are pretty good too. I mean $16 for a CD is, like, awesome! Last time I went to the mall I got Sonic Youth -Dirty and it was super good.
I really want an ESPRIT bag but they are so hard to find! Everyone has them at school. Mom said she could make me one but everyone would know it's handmade and trying to fake cool is not cool.
But my most favorite store is the body shoppe! I could stay in there for hours walking around and smelling things. They have the best sales too. I love the lip gloss and the perfume you can get there.
If I go with my friends, they always want to stop into Spencer's to get funny posters and T-shirts. If I got anything there I would have to hide it because it's not appropriate for me. I did get a keychain there that lights up with my name. Except it's not my name, it says SHARON (my best friend's aunt calls me that) it was only $4.
I am totally planning a mega shopping spree when the Mall of America opens this fall. I mean that mall is going to be SO HUGE! I can't wait! There will be stores that are only in California! Maybe then I will be able to find my ESPRIT* bag.

*Note - Erin did get an EPRIT bag but she found it at the shoe store in Lindstrom. It was black and had multi-colored letters. She plans on looking for it this weekend to revive the trend.