Come One, Come All! It's Clemntine's Mall!

With stores and stuff from wall to wall, items large and items small, flying flags and towers tall...

Rabbit wonders what I might have in my very own mall, and since I know she's got kids and responsibilities and stuff, and I don't want to be the reason she's losing sleep, and because I know that the Internet needs to know these things...here goes.

First, the rules as I understand them:
You get to create your own Mall. Choose 6 stores that would definitely be included in your ideal one stop mall. Then as a bonus you can pick your favorite restaurant and fast food eatery to be located there, too. After you’ve created it, post it and tag some bloggers to join in the fun.

Rabbit confessed to not being much of a shopper, so I feel safe in admitting that I'd rather crawl on my hands and knees over broken glass to a medieval torture chamber for the root canal/bamboo manicure combo than darken the door of a mall. Not that I feel strongly about it or anything. Ergo, my mall won't have any "mall" stores. Here are my picks:

1. Daniel's Shoes. Our family's feet are weird in every conceivable way: narrow, wide (one kid has both: narrow heels and wide insteps), and the folks at Daniel's keep us looking and feeling great. Also, they always have a nice selection of Brighton shoes and accessories. We love Daniel's!

2. Mardel Christian and Education. Christian books, Bibles, homeschool supplies, music, toys, tee-shirts and all the office supplies you could ever need. When I'm there, Gadget Man tells people I'm visiting the Mother Land.

3. Hanna Andersson. The clothes are bright, soft and are very handmedownable (is TOO a word). I'd get clothes for all of us here and we'd sit around looking very fresh-faced and Swedish all the time. It's what I call a win-win, people.

4. Jane Iredale. The best makeup ever. Gadget Man's uncle is a dermatologist, and he has us all using this stuff. I'd need to have a giant store of it in my mall, because, as I always say: "If a barn needs paintin'..."

5. A movie theater. Six screens, one for each inhabitant of the Clem Domicile, with rocking, reclining, super-duper comfy seats. Also, there would be a little doohickey that you could use to place concession orders to be delivered right to your seat. Also, they'd have an awesome child-care area like the one at the Harkins Theatres. Oooh! And if someone came into my theater and talked obtrusively, used foul language or annoyed me in any way, a "Clod Detector" in their seat would cause the bottom to drop out of their chair and they'd be sucked away down a chute and land squarely in Mrs. Lewis's 6th grade class where I learned that calling attention to myself in public is rude and to be avoided unless I was choking. They'd have to stay there until they reformed or Jesus came back, at which point I'd grant clemency.

6. Haggard's Furniture. These folks take good care of you. They're knowledgeable and their designers are top-notch. Which works for me since all my taste is in my mouth. With their help, the Clem Domicile resembles a human habitation and not a bear's den.

And my restaurant picks (because it's my mall, and I can nosh if I want to):

For lunch: Inspirations Tea Room where I go every chance I get. We had Teen Queens' 16th Birthday Tea here and I still get all misty just thinking about it. Great place. Awesome teas. Bible verse on every plate. Man! I'm getting hungry!

For dinner: The Melting Pot which is my favorite place to go on a double date. It's a three-hour meal, minimum, and the conversation flows freely as you dip and eat and cook and dip.

Fast food? Bleck. The only reason for fast food restaurants is to be able to grab a vat of Diet Dr. Pepper on the go. So my mall would just have a soda fountain out in the middle.

Thank you for visiting my mall. If you've got a mall of your own, leave the link in the comments. If not, make one and let me know so I can come visit!