The Adventures of Mom

 I am 39 today, and I feel young and sexy! I headed out with the kids and family to Cypress Gardens yesterday, but a storm hit while we were still in the car park, as it was nearing lunch time already, I said, let’s go to the mall. I had been to Eagle Ridge Mall once before, but that was to eat. I knew there were gyro pits there too heh heh, so with everyone loaded up, we drove to the mall on HWY 27 (Lake Wales, I believe), and managed to run into JC Pennys before the storm reached us.

I do not like malls- or shopping for that matter- not since the children have been able to escape from their strollers. My last pleasant shopping expedition (girl stuff) was with my mate Mandy (I hope you read this, Mandy!). We went to West Ham in East London and hit all the stores, then ended up in a pub in the Asda Shopping Center. We always seemed to end up in pubs, didn’t we? I still have that suede mini skirt! Anyhow, since the birth of children, I have successfully avoided the mall scene, with only a mad Christmas dash  each year(one morning only) to pick up employee/family gifts.  Yesterday, the heavens opened up and it poured! So in the mall we were. I managed to get a gyro for lunch (the kids had pizza) at the Mediterranean Gourmet with a side of dolmatas (yum) and extra tzasiki . A Dutch made Carousel sits in the food court, decorated with baskets of flowers and scenes from Paris. The kids and I had to take a whirl on that. My daughter and I rode the horses while my visiting niece, Amber, took my son for a wild whirl in the spinning saucer- I think they add those seats on the carousels (the ones you can spin around until you are dizzy and sick) for the adventurous, more wild rollercoaster mind set. We had a blast.

On the other end of the mall is a playground where kids can climb through a house, on a motorboat, a canoe, a tree trunk. It’s not big, but my kids played hide and seek tag with some other kids, so they enjoyed themselves. My daughter and I investigated the Pink Store, as she called it–Victoria’s Secret. We tried on the perfumes and hand creams. I was disappointed in their clothing line. Vicky’s, as I used to call it, was my favourite store back in 1993- filled with silks, satins, chiffon- beautiful nightwear and classical music. Now it seems to cater to the bra-wearing set (which I always try to avoid when possible- the bra wearing, I mean) and the clothes are more flannel and cotton- not much in the sexy market. Where has all the silk gone? Hmmm. Anyhow, we moved on to Bath & Body and tried some more sweet smelling stuff. I picked up some Amber body lotion- it reminds me of a perfume rock my friend Lisa (La) bought for me at the market in Essoiura, Morocco- they chipped at sliver of crystal rock. I put it in a film container and have kept it ever since- it still smells like amber.

We rounded our mall excursion out at the dollar store so the kids could buy themselves “one thing” and headed on hone for a swim and a rigatoni dinner. I read six stories to Sydney- who wanted more and logged back on to the Boundless Living Challenge- check it out: boundlesslivingchallenge.com  to uplift my spirits with positive thinking and pleasant thoughts- silk and amber- to raise the vibration levels in my life - more on that later. Now with a fresh cup of PG Tips tea, I will return to the novel I am writing. Have a silk and amber sexy day!