I LOVE malls.

Adore them.

about 3 times a year. Its not the Holiday Season without a trip to a mall. i rarely actually *buy* anything in them, but I do so love going TO them. The AC! The people! The clothing they wear! The attitudes! The sales that aren't actually sales!

I usually go 2 other times of the year: 1 time in the summer, and once post holiday sometime. Usually I go to find the stores that are closing and pick up stuff cheap (if its something we can use.)

not sure if we have raised our girls to be non-materialistic, but they dont' seem hidebound to commercial toys except that damned insidious barbie.