Men and our Mall

Seriously, why do we always fall for taking our men to the mall with us? I assume only b/c we still somewhere deep in us think that it will end up being a fun day filled with laughs, gossip and looking and the purchasing of fun items we love. THIS IS NEVER THE CASE!!!! Tonight I decided to take boyfriend to this new store in my town, Forever 21, so I could buy some fun tops for our trip out of town this coming up weekend. While I looked around he "shopped" for clothes at a different store. I was in my own  happy little shopping world, gathering and trying on tons of fun things when all of a sudden my phone rang. He's DONE shopping. "You done, it's been like forever?" he proclaimed over the phone. Guess what ladies? It had been 45 MINUTES since we ENTERED the mall. It took me 15 to walk all the way to the store I was going to, which means I shopped for 30 MINUTES and he called and then showed up at the store. A guy in the mood to leave that shows up at the store a woman is shopping in is none other than UNCOMFORTABLE! Seriously, as I looked over my "maybe" purchases and then proceeded to the jewerly section boyfriend followed closely. And not in that he's intently watching and interested in what i'm getting. More so, soooo close that it's down right creepy! I ended up getting boyfriend to hit up another store so I could look things. I was toward the end of my shopping, i'm at the check out. Standing there thinking....Saaweet..he's not here yet, therefore i wont' have to explain the prices (which are cheap btw) or the reason I love things/want things and AM GETTING THINGS.....when all of a sudden he's standing right beside me with that semi-smile they get. The smile that means, "i'm happy for you, buying yourself something nice, but but but we need to talk about your purchases tonight and the need for them." That smile totally takes away all the fun in shopping!!!  Sooo here are my current thoughts. Ladies, if we have a sudden loss of judgement when heading to the mall and invite our men. Let's take the time to at least acknowledge our error and remind them of the following...1.Their input is not needed unless requested. (which won't happen, we promise ). 2 .We are always spending money on them or kids or both and for once we like to spend a little extra on ourselves. 3. (here's the best one)...if we wanted a financial advisor, we'd hire one and it sure as hell would NOT be them!hehehe (ps: I made that last comment and it doesn't go over as well as it did in my head, but boyfriend is over it)  Happy shopping ladies and good luck with your men and our mall...:)