Saturday, November 21, 2009

Window Walking

So tonight I had to walk ten miles so I decided to do it at the mall because it was cold and windy outside. I got there at 5:45 and while everyone else went to see a movie I walked and walked and walked. Pioneer children sang as they walked and walked and walked. Except I didn't feel like a pioneer child.

You know when you are trying to be real good and not spend any money and you've been like that forever and you just want to buy like even something for one dollar just to make you feel better. Well, after all that walking in and out of stores you really start to notice stuff you want (see below). But since you don't have a wallet on you and even if you did you couldn't really afford anything you keep walking. Then the mall is only so big you keep walking around again and again and again and it eats at you...that wanting to spend.

Now at this particular mall there is a target on one end so I literally walked up and down every single aisle as I had to keep up a certain pace as well, which is kind of quite difficult when the mall is filled with tweeners and gang bangers. At one point I seriously thought that someone would open fire on the mall but to my surprise it didn't happen. Thankfully.

Notes for next time, don't walk in a mall on a Saturday night that has a theatre attached with the opening weekend of New Moon and Blindside. It equals chaos personified. Anyway, window walking sucks.

2 comments:

kimi + joe said...

I'm so proud of you! Those pedometers are awesome and I hope it gets under your Christmas tree. I agree, sometimes the only way to keep me from spending money is to not carry a wallet. Also, it helps to be unemployed :)

Mycket said...

I am proud of you for doing it anyway. No pain, no loss. :)