Having worked at an Express store, (more than 12 years ago) you will rarely find me doing anything,…read moreeven remotely resembling shopping, on a weekend.
If you review my check-ins leading up to this review, you'll likely conclude that I was, in fact, on a mission for pants. Specifically, pants long enough to cover all of my legs, while navigating around my ever growing, muscular booty and thighs. Express has long been my haven for such a query.... But they're no longer stocking long lengths at all their stores. They offer to order them. From the internets. And even offer free shipping.
Those fragmented sentences above were separated, out loud, in my mind, by such explicatives as "shit" and "FMLL" (f my long legs) seeing as my flight is in two days.
I parked somewhere in west Schaumburg, and trudged up the sloped parking lot, barely escaping a plethora of women drivers, who, without my catlike reflexes, would have run me over flat. I navigated around rowdy, unkempt children, only to be halted by cell phone chatting mall patrons as they shouted into their iPhones. I must have sprinted into the store, and centered myself in front of the giant wall of stacked slacks.
My eyes scanned the numbers and letters... Long for the elusive "L". Up and down, twice, thrice.... I was getting worried. My hands, starting to sweat, I might have been twitching.
A sales rep was on me, she reached into the bookcase of bloomers and snapped open a pair like it was nothing. LONG! They were exactly what I had traveled here for! I held them in my hands like a treasure, my eyes grew large, and a weight had been lifted.
Then she mentioned, "everything is up to 50% off, and you can use coupons too"
All of me wanted to leave. Too many people, lots of signs, so much clothing... I don't belong here.
But the girl inside of me reminded me that, if I got it all now, I could avoid coming back till summer. This plus 'sale' sent me rushing through the store, grabbing my size in three different colors of one, five of another and heading to the line.
The line was really well managed- moved quickly, but allowed me time to pull up my last email blast from Express. It landed me an additional $25 off every $75 I was spending. I had brought $500 worth of clothes up, and Joshua, who rang me up, graciously applied my email coupon, found my next account, had me laughing and smiling throughout.
I complimented him on the store and staff, recalling how intense and insane keeping up with weekend retail could be. It was a great overall experience, and I ended up getting a ridiculous deal on clothing that I will wear!
Especially those pants!
Top notch Express experience, even if I had to go to two, and to a mall, on a weekend!