The past few days were relatively quiet - Sunshine and I would just walk to the local shopping mall Thumb Plaza to pick up some essentials or to another local mall Laya Plaza to let Sunshine play at E Kids Island or just hang out at the hotel swimming pool and spa area.
We took a walk to Thumb Plaza again after breakfast to checkout some of the outlet stores there. I do not particularly enjoy shopping - it is difficult for me to decide on something and I always feel that the time could be spend in a better way. I prefer online shopping especially from stores where they offer free shipping and retour. When I do go to highstreet stores, I go with DH who has a very good eye and can quickly find things for me that I like. If I go alone, more often than not, I get frustrated and confused and pick up something just so that I can get over with it; which is what happened to me later in the day.
We got back and after his afternoon nap, we headed to the famed Super Brand Mall. It was just 3 metro stops away. Shanghai is as accessible as most European cities, but I guess no city in the world is 100% accessible. Despite my decision to avoid escalators when I am with the stroller, I was left with no choice on many occasions. A couple of times, some kind strangers helped me carry the stroller down the stairs.
I was disappointed once we were inside the Super Brand Mall. I have been to malls in Bangalore, Gurgaon, Frankfurt, Viernheim, Kuala Lumpur, Astana and probably more cities, but they all look the same to me. If I actually want to do some shopping, they intimidate me with too much choice. If I just want to spend some time on the weekend and I have nothing better to do, I dont mind them as long as they have some kids' play area. Anything to keep Sunshine engaged will do. Super Brand Mall had nothing of that sort. Sunshine enjoyed just walking around and seeing people and being photographed (again! rolling eyes) for a while and then got bored. So he decided to entertain himself by biting me, pulling my hair, scratching me and in general being very mean to me. :( I checked out a few stores, but most were international brands and I guess this was not sale season here. I didn't see any point in buying something I can buy in Germany and carry it all the way back. What I would have liked to see was some local flavour. So as it happens to me often while shopping, I got frustrated went to the next shop which was Next ;) and picked up some sleeping suits for Sunshine. DH pointed out to me at night that they were 3 times as expensive as the usual sleepwear from DM or Tschibo that we buy for him. He thought it would have been better if I had bought something he can wear outside for that price. Still it was a far better buy than most of frustrated buys because Sunshine is growing out of his old sleeping suits.
Alright enough of whining. It is probably not targeted at people like me and what can they do if I dont like malls. There were many beautiful people there in very sophisticated attire and I liked watching them. Yeah I like that about malls. One can watch people. :)
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We got back and after his afternoon nap, we headed to the famed Super Brand Mall. It was just 3 metro stops away. Shanghai is as accessible as most European cities, but I guess no city in the world is 100% accessible. Despite my decision to avoid escalators when I am with the stroller, I was left with no choice on many occasions. A couple of times, some kind strangers helped me carry the stroller down the stairs.
I was disappointed once we were inside the Super Brand Mall. I have been to malls in Bangalore, Gurgaon, Frankfurt, Viernheim, Kuala Lumpur, Astana and probably more cities, but they all look the same to me. If I actually want to do some shopping, they intimidate me with too much choice. If I just want to spend some time on the weekend and I have nothing better to do, I dont mind them as long as they have some kids' play area. Anything to keep Sunshine engaged will do. Super Brand Mall had nothing of that sort. Sunshine enjoyed just walking around and seeing people and being photographed (again! rolling eyes) for a while and then got bored. So he decided to entertain himself by biting me, pulling my hair, scratching me and in general being very mean to me. :( I checked out a few stores, but most were international brands and I guess this was not sale season here. I didn't see any point in buying something I can buy in Germany and carry it all the way back. What I would have liked to see was some local flavour. So as it happens to me often while shopping, I got frustrated went to the next shop which was Next ;) and picked up some sleeping suits for Sunshine. DH pointed out to me at night that they were 3 times as expensive as the usual sleepwear from DM or Tschibo that we buy for him. He thought it would have been better if I had bought something he can wear outside for that price. Still it was a far better buy than most of frustrated buys because Sunshine is growing out of his old sleeping suits.
Alright enough of whining. It is probably not targeted at people like me and what can they do if I dont like malls. There were many beautiful people there in very sophisticated attire and I liked watching them. Yeah I like that about malls. One can watch people. :)
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