I heard it was a busy weekend at Victoria’s Secret at West Edmonton Mall. There were huge line ups just to get into the store. On Friday there was at least a half an hour wait. Savvy shoppers say at least a half an hour in line up for a cashier and big cues for a dressing room.
A lot of the sizes are sold out…the most common ones anyway. 32 C and DD’s are hard to find. However, size 36 AA should be around. Rumours have it that they get new stock on Wednesday.
Not sure how long they will be doing this…but buyers were given bright pink treat tote bags. They were filled with perfume, lotion, lip gloss and black thong for those who buy at least 75 dollars in Victoria’s Secret.
Victoria's Secret
My shopping sources add…La Senza and La Vie en Rose were dead. I’m sure the hype and novelty will wear off at some point.
Let me know on twitter how the lines are during the week. @staceybrotzel
Forget bras…Calamine lotion is in high demand this summer. Mosquitoes are bad. Last month, city pest crews found 18-hundred bugs in their traps, now there are about 300. That is apparently normal.
Mosquito trap
To try to keep the population under control, they are spraying ravines, industrial areas and farmland.
I learned a lot about mosquitoes this year. I discovered there are two types of mosquitoes…the ’spring’ mosquitoes are blood thirsty. The ’summer’ mosquitoes are less aggressive but no less hungry. It was a buggy ‘perfect storm’. Both types were out earlier this month, the rainy weather unleashed the latecomers who were waiting for the right conditions just as the summer bugs were hatching. Now, the spring ones are dying off and the numbers are back to normal. I can go outside again.