I used to love going to the mall and when DS was smaller it was nice because they have these car shaped strollers that he loved, free balloons and a play area. They discontinued the balloons and he is too old for the play area so now we only go if we have to. It is enclosed and it also has a carolsel but we have never been on it. Since they have build some mini malls near me I hardly ever go as I can get thngs in my own town so no reason to drive the extra five miles it is an outdoor mall though and obviously doesn't have the same stores but I can get the basics by going to a couple of these malls.

I will admit that I walked the mall almost every day when I was pregnant with my oldest. It was too cold to walk outside and I didn't have a treadmill. The ladies in the birth center said I was the fastest moving pregnant woman (in early stages of labor) they ever saw

I don't like the mall, too many people-I hate crowds. I will go if there is a great sale on something in one of those stores, if I need something specific from there or when the kids get their shoes we go to stride rite.

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i love going to the mall just to look. maybe about half the time i actually buy something. i love window shopping with my dh, and he likes it cuz it can be a free or cheap activity. my dd loves to go to the play area, too.