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In which the BSC appears in AG:DC
Oct. 3rd, 2011 10:06 am For me there were two big reasons for going on my trip last weekend. One was to see Cass. That was the big one. The second was to hit up the new AG store that calls itself the DC store, even if it's not really in DC. Geography and I were never close friends, so since I wasn't driving or responsible for a parking spot, it doesn't matter.
Also, for simplicity's sake, this part will be more of the AG and less of the drama that raged during the large part of our visit to the store. That is coming later, I promise, and will probably have bits thrown in to explain why things are so disjointed.
Backstory: In June the DC/Tyson's Corner store opened. Cass, Jess, and I were going to go toward the end of June, maybe around my birthday (start to mid-July) and plans were tentatively made. Then Dad died and I realized no way in hell could I make the trip because just getting there would cost too much. I was bummed about not going but Cass kept saying she'd go to the store and take pictures. She didn't. Instead, she waited til Jess and I could go with her. This part of the trip was a Big Deal. If nothing else, it was the bonding time set aside for us. (Anyone was free to join in, but we figured, and rightly so, that everyone else would rather hit up the rest of the massive mall and find things they were actually interested in.)
This part of the trip was also pretty much unchanged. It was pushed back til 5:30 when we didn't leave Cass's father's house on time but no big deal. After some crazy driving that left me feeling decidedly sick (that and I really don't think I should have eaten what little I did as it didn't seem to agree with me) and an argument with the GPS, we arrived at the mall. There was a thing with the deciding who was going where and in what car and... I dunno. Jess, Cass, and I entered the mall and headed for AG. The plan was simple: Jess and I would hit the bathroom and Cass would check in with our Personal Shopper (PS) and then FUN TIMES. I'd given Cass my card that should have gotten her a goodie bag and, I think, cookies. COOKIES, dammit. We never got any damn cookies and she never got a damn goodie bag. But I'm jumping ahead.
I resisted the urge to take a picture of the doll hanger they have in the stalls of the restrooms because, well, other people have taken them and I was otherwise occupied. Jess and I head off to find Cass who is in the PS area talking to Ellyn. The PS area, if you're going, is to the left of the escalators and behind the bistro where the cookies will taunt you. COOKIES. ;__:
( Pictures follow, so thus I cut. )
If you would like to join me on the virtual tour with more comments than you can shake a stick at (or something) or see these pictures larger because, like me, you're just into pictures of just about anything, you may click here. There are extra photos, you can try and spot the Imp in the reflection if you're stalkery like that, or you can just marvel at how they've opened two stores this year and already there's word that another two are underway. If you haven't been to one of these and you'd like to, I suggest that you realize there is a frickton of pink.
Sorry this took awhile to post, but hey. It appeared! Now the wishbooks should be going out soon, yes? Want. Want now.
Also, for simplicity's sake, this part will be more of the AG and less of the drama that raged during the large part of our visit to the store. That is coming later, I promise, and will probably have bits thrown in to explain why things are so disjointed.
Backstory: In June the DC/Tyson's Corner store opened. Cass, Jess, and I were going to go toward the end of June, maybe around my birthday (start to mid-July) and plans were tentatively made. Then Dad died and I realized no way in hell could I make the trip because just getting there would cost too much. I was bummed about not going but Cass kept saying she'd go to the store and take pictures. She didn't. Instead, she waited til Jess and I could go with her. This part of the trip was a Big Deal. If nothing else, it was the bonding time set aside for us. (Anyone was free to join in, but we figured, and rightly so, that everyone else would rather hit up the rest of the massive mall and find things they were actually interested in.)
This part of the trip was also pretty much unchanged. It was pushed back til 5:30 when we didn't leave Cass's father's house on time but no big deal. After some crazy driving that left me feeling decidedly sick (that and I really don't think I should have eaten what little I did as it didn't seem to agree with me) and an argument with the GPS, we arrived at the mall. There was a thing with the deciding who was going where and in what car and... I dunno. Jess, Cass, and I entered the mall and headed for AG. The plan was simple: Jess and I would hit the bathroom and Cass would check in with our Personal Shopper (PS) and then FUN TIMES. I'd given Cass my card that should have gotten her a goodie bag and, I think, cookies. COOKIES, dammit. We never got any damn cookies and she never got a damn goodie bag. But I'm jumping ahead.
I resisted the urge to take a picture of the doll hanger they have in the stalls of the restrooms because, well, other people have taken them and I was otherwise occupied. Jess and I head off to find Cass who is in the PS area talking to Ellyn. The PS area, if you're going, is to the left of the escalators and behind the bistro where the cookies will taunt you. COOKIES. ;__:
( Pictures follow, so thus I cut. )
If you would like to join me on the virtual tour with more comments than you can shake a stick at (or something) or see these pictures larger because, like me, you're just into pictures of just about anything, you may click here. There are extra photos, you can try and spot the Imp in the reflection if you're stalkery like that, or you can just marvel at how they've opened two stores this year and already there's word that another two are underway. If you haven't been to one of these and you'd like to, I suggest that you realize there is a frickton of pink.
Sorry this took awhile to post, but hey. It appeared! Now the wishbooks should be going out soon, yes? Want. Want now.