Icing by Claires

March 29th, 2010

Icing by Claire’s

www.claires.com
4601 South Broadway Avenue
Tyler, TX 75703-1323
(903) 509-0356

While walking through the Broadway Square Mall I have to stop in the small over crowded store. Through I want to scream trying to push my double stroller around the display towers. I battle through the store to get to the back hair products. I love the idea to use nature as beauty accessories. I love the selection of the 1940 style of hair products. Icing has a great selection of peacock feathers for your hair. I love the look of the colorful feathers.

Hair accessories are not the only thing sold at Icing. The jewelry is very in fashion sold at a great price. Many times I have gone there and found the most for my money. Icing has a ton of amazing sales. I love going into the store and seeing the white and red 50% off sale sign, or the “RED LINE” sale sign that indicates that about a fourth of the store is about half off or even more!

Some the best purses, bags and clutches are found at Icing. Find your style, with their great selection of leather, animal prints and bright colors. Bring out your personality through your style. Icing is up to date with the best and most recent fashion statements. And they even have to best sales on their brand name bags.

When I go into the store I can not help but dig through the fun selection of scarves. The long strands of colorful material can change the entire look to your style, and bring out the fun in your personality.

I love the makeup cases that you can buy at Icing. They have great selection of colors that you can use according to your mood. No matter the type of skin tone that you have or no matter the color of eye shadow that you prefer you can find it all at the Icings large selection.

It is really hard to avoid the accessory store. To at least battle through the store to just look around at what I really want but not really need. I love to see the most recent styles at Icing, for every season. The Icing’s website shows the newest selections and fashions that you can either order of line or that are available at the store.

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The Children’s Place in Tyler TX

January 29th, 2010

The Children’s Place

Broadway Square mall
4601 S Broadway
Tyler 75703
903 561 9192

The Children’s Place is a store in the mall where you can find great up-to-date fashions for babies and children’s clothing up to the age of 14 without paying a huge amount for them.

There are many things I love about the Children’s Place.

Firstly – the bright colors! Why dress your kids in drab colors when they can look cool and trendy in bright shades? They will have plenty of time in their adult lives for wearing pastels and black.

Secondly – the quality. The Children’s Place in Tyler TX is proof that you can have fashion and good quality. The things I buy last more than one season and more than one kid – you can pass them down or even consign them easily. The clothes wash well and are immensely practical for school and play wear.

Thirdly – you can buy things to match! I am not obsessive about having everything the same but doesn’t it feel good when you can dress your child in co-ordinating socks, hats and even hair accessories. Not only that, but you can buy matching outfits for different kids. My 7 year old is so proud that his baby brother has the same striped sweater as him. It is usually the girls that have all the fun with clothes but here is his chance to have something special that people compliment him on.

The Children’s Place also has really good end of season sales. You can sign up on their website to be informed about them or you can shop for bargains online. I have done that on occasions and been delighted to receive a large box of clothes for just $5 shipping. You can also return them to the store for credit if they don’t fit or you change your mind about a purchase. One thing I have found is that the sizes run slightly small – especially for baby wear so if you are not sure about the size, buy the larger. Otherwise I have no complaints about the clothes we buy.

Finally, I have found that a gift card for the Children’s Place is a good baby shower or birthday gift and if you are a coupon hoarder then sign up for the birthday club in store or online for discounts on your child’s birthday.

Matching fleecy Christmas pajamas – for a steal at $10 a pair from the Children’s Place

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Chick Fil A

January 21st, 2010

Chick-Fil-A
3830 Troup Highway
Tyler 75703
903 561-2324

Other locations: Broadway Square Mall, UT Tyler and South Broadway

It has to be said by someone – Chick-Fil-A is the best place to eat fast food in Tyler.

Here are four reasons:
Rapid efficient service
Customer care
Delicious child-friendly food and drinks
Good value

On a recent trip to Tyler with 3 children and a baby we went to Chick-Fil-A for lunch. I was not a reluctant customer having tasted their peanut oil-fried chicken on several occasions before. It is good! My children were ecstatic – they love the food too and enjoy the indoor play area.

It was busy but all the registers were open and my order was taken rapidly and with a smile. As the kids had already left to play I had 2 trays of food to carry but immediately someone came to my side and helped me to the table with the food. She brought me a highchair and plastic table mat and some iced water. I was impressed! Later she came back with mints for the children and offered to refill our beverages.

The place was spotless, the pride they take in their establishment is plain to see.

We started eating – Mmm-Mmm! How nice NOT to have salty fries for the kids but waffle potatoes (real potatoes that is!) and proper chicken breast that hasn’t been reconstituted from some mystery meat. I enjoyed the honey mustard dressing on my Southern salad – it was really good. Without the plastic packaging, that sort of salad could be served at an upscale restaurant for double the price. It even had honey roasted sunflower seeds and croutons on top. The kid’s meals were superb too. They could choose milk or apple juice as an alternative to soda and had the option of a fruit cup instead of waffle fries. And the chicken nuggets were so delicious – we had to go back and order another little box of them.

I was also impressed with the toys that come with the kid’s meals. On this visit, they had Bernstein bear books – yes, real books! The time before, it was science kits complete with ideas for home experiments. No plastic chuck-away Disney trash here, you actually want to keep the freebie.

Whilst we were eating a bell rang and everyone applauded. At Chick-Fil-A the 100th customer of the day eats free. What a fun company policy. I hope one day it’s me.

On our way out I stopped to buy a take-out milkshake. They looked so good and we felt we just had to try one. It was a bit sweet for me but the children loved it.

Chick-Fil-A is a great business. I hope they will soon open one near where we live in Lindale so we can enjoy it more often!

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Victorias’s Secret

January 12th, 2010

That pink striped bag can be recognized anywhere. Every mall, including Tyler’s Broadway Square mall, has a Victoria’s secret. The most popular underwear and lingerie store is the hot spot for women across the country.

PINK is a brand name of many items sold at Victoria’s Secret. PINK no only sales bras and panties but they also sale shirts and flannel PJ pants. You can find their brand named sweaters and bright pink sweat pants. PINK has a great selection of everything you need to look sporty, sexy, or even keep warm.

We all know Victoria’s Secret for the lacy sex appeal. There is much more to the store than the lingerie. The store has become populated with hundreds of dress styles, sexy boots and fun shoes, cozy stylish sweaters and must-have adorable pants.

The great selection of bras is perfect for any woman. You can find bras for great support and comfort, but you can also find stylish bras in all different colors and prints. Their great styles vary from push-up, racer-back, wireless, strapless, full-coverage, and even for the new mothers they have nursing bras. T-shirt bras are the best fit for comfort and support. They have all types of T-shirt bras to best fit your body; such as wireless if you need less support, and push-up bra for the extra support. Racer back bras are perfect for those complicated shirts with annoying straps. The racer back has adjustable straps that allows you to adjust to your style. Full coverage bras give great comfort and fit perfectly to your body but still available in many sexy styles.

If you are looking for a sexy bra the Demi-cup bra is the perfect bra to show off what you got and flaunt your sexiest features. If you are looking for that bra for the strapless bra for that hot date tonight, Victoria’s Secret has Secret Style bras that are unseen but still gives support. Secret Style has bras that are backless so that you can show off your back but you can still have comfort.

Visit the website to see all their bra styles and colors. They have many great items on sale, you can sign up on their websites to get e-mails about the sales. You can also go into the store for sales and to be sized and fitted for bras.

For the hot summer days you can shop for the perfect swim wear at Victoria’s Secret. Show off your personality with all the different styles and colors of swimsuits. Show off your body even if you have the insecurity of showing off your stomach, with tankinis and one pieces. Many of the hot brand names are carried on the Victoria’s Secret website; such as, Beach Sexy, The Miracle Bra, Body by Victoria, Vix, Becca, Magicsuit, Very Sexy, BioFit and many more.

Sometimes for the women with “more to love” it can be hard and really frustrating to find your size in a cute style in the store. Online you have more options and it is much easier to find what you are looking for. I recommend that everyone goes into the store to get fitted so that you get the most comfortable fit when you shop in store or on line.

Victoria’s Secret is not the first place that you think about shopping when you are trying to shop for clothing other then underwear. But Victoria’s Secret has a very exciting and beautiful collection of clothing. If you are going to a dinner date, look at the great selection of party dresses. They not only have a great selections for evening dresses, but they have dresses for every occasion. They have all types of sweater dresses for the cold weather and adorable Slim-trim dresses to show off your body.

Look on line and check out the great selection off pants for all different occasions and different body types. A great collection is offered of casual pants, dress pants, leggings, and even workout or yoga pants.

Bring out the best of your fashion taste with their coats, jackets, sweaters, cardigans and sexy wraps. Also find the best tops for your everyday moments, online, with the great selection of tops and tees, shirts and blouses, Tanks, and even hookies and sweatshirts for your everyday running around.

Victoria’s Secret has great perfumes and body care items. They carry many brand names such as, Secret Garden Collection, Beauty Rush, Dream Angel, Sexy Little Thing, Very Sexy Fragrance, VS Makeup, Parfums Intimes, and the most popular; Victoria’s Secret Pink. You can find everything you need for your body and hair care, such as self tanners, bronzers, shampoo, conditioners, and styling products for your hair. They even have a large and sexy selection of Men’s fragrances.

The thing that is made Victoria’s Secret so popular is their great selection of the sexy, lacy lingerie. They have the perfect selections for that special wedding night. Not only will they have a great selection but you will be able to find what you are looking for, that complements your body type. But if comfort is a bigger issue than sex appeal, they have what you need to get a good night sleep.

Check out the website and Tyler store for sales and full selections of each item.

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Avoiding Salesmen

January 10th, 2010

In most cities, the mall is a one stop store for every need and many times, even if you want to catch a movie. But this is another way Tyler differs from most cities. Tyler’s small mall is without many things, for an example a toy store. Yes, they may have stores with toys, and even have the new addition of “Build-A-Bear”, but what about the old toy stores that I got so excited about as a child?

But this is the least of annoying things about the Broadway Square Mall. I can not stand walking through the mall and getting stopped by salesmen; or getting yelled at across half of the mall. “No eye contact, No eye contact” I keep telling myself. This idea that, maybe, if I act like I don’t see them then they will leave me alone, it’s a nice idea but it never really works. I think it is so funny how they give you such a guilt trip that you don’t use their product. But my personal favorite is when they are selling hair straightener and they ask you if you ever used one and your hair is so straight.

Walking through the mall gets frustrating having to dive into stores to avoid the salesmen. They sale everything, from hair products, gifts, jewelry, clothes, hair removal products, and even massages, and much more.

The mall is starting to redesign the interior of the building. They try to make the shopping experience more comfortable by putting comfortable chairs and couches in the middle of the mall. This is great for the husbands of the serious shoppers in Tyler. Another great thing about the new improvements is the new bathrooms. You use to walk down a long dirty hallway to find an old dirty bathroom with one folding changing table nailed to the wall. Now they have cleaned it up and even added a family bathroom with small toilets for your potty-training toddler.

The mall in Tyler has most of the normal stores such as Old Navy, JC Penny’s, Sears, Dillard’s. Many of my favorite stores are in the Broadway Square Mall, such as Icings, Old Navy, Children’s Place and many more. I do like many of the stores in the mall, both times that I found out that I was pregnant my first stop was the store Motherhood. I love their designer maternity clothes and their styles that show off that baby bump. My very favorite thing to shop for is clothes for little girls! Even though I’ve said a lot of negative about the Tyler mall they still do have great stores for my shopping needs. Children’s Place is a great place to find new and stylish children’s clothes. They have clothes for all types of weather and occasions according to the season of the year. The mall has many other stores that carry children clothes, but Children’s Place is dedicated to children with cheaper prices than other stores.

When I was a child and my family did not know where to eat, we would go to the mall’s food court. We would have the exciting options of Chinese food, Italian, fast food and much more. Now the food court has been limited to a couple restaurants. They still have the Chick-fil-a restaurant tucked away in the back of the mall. For some reason I can not enjoy the large crowds in the small restaurant. As you walk through the mall your mouth will begin to water from the sweet smell of the famous Pretzel Time.

When walking through the mall be warned to walk quickly passed the small stands with loud salesmen and women. Theywill try to sell you over-priced cell phone covers and tell you that your upper lip needs waxing, so you will try their product. These sales guys may also tell you that you need their hand cream to make sure your children do not get all the sicknesses that you carry. As you are leaving do not forget to stop by the guy’s stand that sales over-sized shirts with pictures of Obama and Michael Jackson. You may also want to pick up the strange skull jewelry for your every piercing need at the gothic fashion store Hot Topic.

A new development in the mall is not about a store or a restaurant, but the security. You can’t help but think of the famous Paul Blart, as the security guard rolls by you. Nothing says intimidation like a segway. I guess they felt like they could stop more fights that way or that they could get from the cookie store to the Dip and Dots stand quicker. Whatever the reason, I don’t know about you, but I feel safer. Especially when I have to maneuver my two child stroller out of the way before getting run over.

So as you shop avoiding is the key. Avoid the crowds, the sales men, and avoid being run over by the man on wheels enjoying his power trip.

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