Headed out on our first Christmas shopping effort of the season, which devolved into regular shopping. Actually, one store was playing “Sleigh Bells” so technically it was Christmas shopping.
For variety, we headed a different direction from our usual pattern, starting with lunch at Smashburger in Plymouth and then to Maple Grove and beyond. We went to the same stores as usual – Sam’s Club, Walmart, Kohls – but in a new location. This proved both interesting and confusing, as the store layouts were just different enough to make things hard to find.
My running has been curtailed by a sore hamstring and lack of daylight. Shopping was an opportunity for indoor hiking (more like aimless wandering).
At Sam’s, the game was avoiding the pushy salesperson who wanted to lower my cable bill. I did a long detour to avoid having a Third Encounter of the Close Kind.
Up I-94, we did a quick in-an-out at Cabela’s in Rogers for a special item the didn’t have. “Try online,” the clerk said. “There’s a lot more online than we can handle here.” I guess they need a bigger store.
Then it was on to the Albertville Outlet Mall, where we scored a couple nice shirts off the clearance rack at Old Navy. We continued to rack up reward points by presenting a plastic card to merchants down the line.
Best tip of the day: if you’re specifically looking for the Nike store at Albertville, it’s at the far west end of the complex, a good half-mile from entering the parking lot.
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