Instead of splitting up throughout the mall, we all hit the same stores to clear it out faster and then used a can of spray paint to spray a big circle on the store windows when we cleared it out so we knew what stores we had hit. We left our baskets full of items by the store we had entered in so we didn't have to drag them through the entire mall and also to remember where to exit.
We hit a couple of shoe stores, hair product stores, toy stores, and more clothing stores. We killed any walkers we saw and it was only two or three at most in each store. We gathered clothes, shoes, hair dyes, shampoos, conditioners, perfumes, lotions, candles, board games, bed sheets; there's a ton more stuff that we got but I can't remember it all. We didn't want to miss a single thing. When we hit the food court, we grabbed everything that was in a sealed bottle or can, and surprisingly we found a lot.
I made sure to pick out Rick's wedding ring when we made it to the jewelry store. He loved what I picked out. I made him put it on as soon as I grabbed it. Now we have matching rings. I smiled like a dork and we walked further into the mall. We passed by a cell phone store and left it alone. We weren't going to need cell phones any time soon.
We had done it. We cleared out the entire mall. We just needed to get our baskets into the truck and back to our camp. Walking back to the exit, Rick put his arm around my shoulder. "You okay babe?" he asked. He sounded really concerned. "Yeah I'm fine. Just tired and thirsty." He pulled out a water bottle we found at the food court. "Here, drink this." He said as he opened it up for me. I took it from him and drank the whole thing in 30 seconds. "Much better" I said with a smile. "Now come on, let's get this stuff home."
We packed all the stuff in the trailer of the truck and as weird as it sounds, Andrea and Shane wanted to ride in the trailer. It was a tight squeeze in the front so I had no problem with it. Plus I wanted some alone time with my husband. We let them in the back, pulled the door down, and locked it. Rick and I got in the front and started back home.
