New H&M Store Opens as Huge Crowed Waits

As the fireworks exploded on the forth of July my cousin turned to me in hushed tones and said, “the first 200 people at the new H&M get a gift card and a tee shirt don’t tell anyone,” she proceeded to tell me that she and her friend were going when the mall opened on Thursday so that they could be one of the 200. Keep in mind that H&M wasn't slotted to open until 12 o’clock on Thursday and the mall opens at 10 o’clock.

So this Thursday I dutifully texted my cousin to see what her plans were, she answered that they would be at the mall at 10:30 to get in line outside the store. Maybe I don’t spend enough time at Wal-Mart on Black Friday but I didn't think that there would even be a crowd outside the store.  Boy was I wrong! I arrived at the mall at 11 o’clock I couldn't believe what I was seeing. There were hoards of people lined up outside the store and then around into the new section of the mall past the Bebe store and well into the hipster territory of Urban Outfitters. When I heard that people had reportedly gotten there as early as 4am it came as no big shock to learn that we were not among the first 200 people. The crowd was rowdy and kept screaming as the H&M staff kept trying in vain to start the “wave”.  One group of eager shoppers took advantage of the music that the DJ inside the store was spinning and started to do the Electric Slide while in line. Once they opened the doors to the store people rushed in so quickly you would have thought they were giving away clothes inside. All in all it was a good shopping day, despite the fact that I had to wait in line for almost a half hour to try on my finds. I really recommend that you check out this new store the clothes are cute and reasonably priced and they offer men’s, women’s, and children’s clothes.