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Post by chlerbie on May 24, 2020 18:57:34 GMT
I'm not even a huge shopper and I find myself dreaming about it. We're not open for it quite yet here in MA and even when it does, I won't be going for awhile. I am watching the numbers around the country as things open.
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Post by sweetpeasmom on May 24, 2020 20:17:14 GMT
I went to the mall Friday. It was pretty dead. Not all stores were open. 2 had signs saying a mask must be worn to enter. It was nice to just walk around. I only went into 2 stores. I bought 2 dresses from Old Navy (didn't try them on). I also went to Kohls. Again, not a ton of people there. It was weird to see it like it looked pretty much in March. All winterish clothes out. Very little spring/summer stuff.
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Post by annie on May 24, 2020 21:35:04 GMT
this was shared with me a few hours ago. Downtown Lake Geneva today. The social distancing and mask wearing is out the window it seems. Of course LG is a Illinois/Chicago hot spot and they are still SIP so it seems all of them are coming now. Makes my heart beat faster just seeing it. My son works on outskirts of town. They still have no eat in. Carry out or curb pick up only. I hope to hell they keep it that way. I won't post a photo directly (we peas need to purge again) but I found the photo on facebook, I'll see if this works. non existent masks and social distancing and that's an off-shoot of the main drag. I can't anymore. Then I just on the news, the mass cremations happening and mass graves being dug in Brazil and other places that haven't taken this seriously. So yes, I miss some shopping (2nd hand my favorite) but ain't going anywhere any time soon. omg!!! I live about 30 min from there. That’s crazy! But not surprising. Smh. (We hiked at Scuppernong today. Great for social distancing. Lol)
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Post by PLurker on May 24, 2020 22:42:02 GMT
this was shared with me a few hours ago. Downtown Lake Geneva today. The social distancing and mask wearing is out the window it seems. Of course LG is a Illinois/Chicago hot spot and they are still SIP so it seems all of them are coming now. Makes my heart beat faster just seeing it. My son works on outskirts of town. They still have no eat in. Carry out or curb pick up only. I hope to hell they keep it that way. I won't post a photo directly (we peas need to purge again) but I found the photo on facebook, I'll see if this works. non existent masks and social distancing and that's an off-shoot of the main drag. I can't anymore. Then I just on the news, the mass cremations happening and mass graves being dug in Brazil and other places that haven't taken this seriously. I hope you enjoyed you hike and it wasn't as crowded as some I've seen. So yes, I miss some shopping (2nd hand my favorite) but ain't going anywhere any time soon. omg!!! I live about 30 min from there. That’s crazy! But not surprising. Smh. (We hiked at Scuppernong today. Great for social distancing. Lol) I drove through LG on my way home today. Did not restore my faith in humanity. Traffic was backed up so it took me 10-15 minutes to get through downtown 1/2 mile stretch. As I was going so slow I watched all the people damn near shoulder to shoulder to spot masks. I saw a couple by the library wearing them. Around their necks. At the corner of the 2nd (middle) light I saw one guy actually wearing one. I took a photo to send my DD and upon zooming in when I got home I saw a whole 2 more. If this virus wants to get us, many of us seem to be volunteering. Scary.
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Post by Scrapper100 on May 24, 2020 22:46:18 GMT
I miss Bath and Bodyworks so much ... I'm down to my last bottle of bodywash and I need new candles ASAP! I know it’s not the same but can you order online? Not sure if they are shipping or not. I’m hoping ours reopens but won’t be heading there for a while.
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Post by leannec on May 24, 2020 22:58:38 GMT
I miss Bath and Bodyworks so much ... I'm down to my last bottle of bodywash and I need new candles ASAP! I know it’s not the same but can you order online? Not sure if they are shipping or not. I’m hoping ours reopens but won’t be heading there for a while. I'm in Canada and no online option ... it sucks
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Post by yodutchess on May 24, 2020 23:28:57 GMT
My daughter is an assistant manager at a shoe store that has not reopened yet. She deals with a lot of retail theft. She is not looking forward to being the mask police or the disinfectant crew as well. We have a wedding August 15 to go to. It was supposed to be today. I have nothing to wear to it. I am between sizes and need to try things on. I wonder if the wedding is going to happen, if it will get scaled back. DH is complaing he does not want to go and be exposed to people.
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Post by Gravity on May 25, 2020 3:21:49 GMT
Can you not do those things in your state yet? We can. Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should.
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Post by 950nancy on May 25, 2020 3:39:36 GMT
I miss Bath and Bodyworks so much ... I'm down to my last bottle of bodywash and I need new candles ASAP! I bought so much soap during their preChristmas sale. We have used about 70% of it so far. It was supposed to last at least a year or two!
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Post by pjaye on May 25, 2020 3:51:19 GMT
I haven't really missed the shopping, but when things get back to a bit more normal, I'm going to miss "how" I used to shop - not really paying attention to people around me, not listening for every cough, not sanitizing my hands frequently, not thinking about people being too close or breathing on me etc. Going forward the act of shopping will be different, necessary of course, but not something I'm looking forward to.
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Post by stampinchick on May 25, 2020 6:30:21 GMT
Our stores are mostly open now in PA but malls are not (although Macy's in the mall is). I hate buying clothes online without trying them on but I guess at Target and Wal-mart, they won't let anyone try things on anyway. Not all of PA. We are still in red until June 5 and then it's just moving us to yellow which isn't much different than red except you can meet in groups of no more than 25. I guess some retail stores can open but I think it's supposed to be for curbside pickup only. We don't know because we don't get clear answers and the numbers they release don't add up. It's a nightmare here. Don't even get me started on our idiot governor who keeps making things up as he goes along and is hiding out refusing to have any press at his press briefings. The prescreened questions are a joke because he can give an answer without anybody there to ask for clarification or give him pushback on his answers. Every day there are more businesses announcing that they are closing permanently because they couldn't survive the shutdown. He has allowed Home Depot, Lowes, Walmart and Target to be open selling everything under the sun but hasn't allowed mom & pop stores to open who could easily control the number of people in their store at one time. Our local news had a story of a hair salon that was told they weren't even allowed to do curbside sales of their hair care products but yet Walmart can sell them.
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Post by gar on May 25, 2020 8:08:51 GMT
I haven't really missed the shopping, but when things get back to a bit more normal, I'm going to miss "how" I used to shop - not really paying attention to people around me, not listening for every cough, not sanitizing my hands frequently, not thinking about people being too close or breathing on me etc. Going forward the act of shopping will be different, necessary of course, but not something I'm looking forward to. Yes, I agree, it won't be as casual and carefree any more. I wonder how long it'll be before we don't think about it...
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2020 11:12:14 GMT
I don't miss it as much as I thought I would, I've put on a little weight (needed weight!) and could do with some new bras but the situation isn't desperate. It's going to be August here (Ireland) before all shops are allowed to open.
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