Shopping at Concord Mills in Charlotte

We signed up for the free shopping trip to the nearby city of Charlotte, organised by the International Student Programs Centre in conjunction with an external activities organisation. We were picked up from our school and driven about an hour to Concord Mills, one of the biggest malls in North Carolina.

When they say its huge, we're not joking. We were there before lunch and shopped for about 4 hours and we only had time to walk the mall one and a half times over! There was just too much to see, too much to poke your head into, too much to consider buying! Arrgh. Well there's one complain. The mall's single storey, meaning that we walked A LOT.

The Lunch:

We had lunch at the 'foodcourt' of the mall which was located right in the middle of a huge circle of stores and outlets.


Some funny cute pig hangings on the ceiling


Cute graphics. Did you guys see anything in the corner of the picture?


Yes there is a carousel...



Right in the middle of the food court!


I had this sweet and sour chicken with fried rice set. Not cheap! Cost 7 USD. I'll never complain that anything is expensive in Singapore again.

The mall at a first glance:





SOME of the many outlets:

Because I'm lazy to type more...













These outlets rock. Some stuffs are expensive and some are a steal!

Example of a steal:



Woman shoes are expecially cheap! Ana bought a pair of new shoes for close to nothing.

Not to fret, there's still the best store of all time...





Wait for it....





Its coming...






Taa-Daa! These are where your souvenirs are coming from folks! Satisfaction guaranteed! For me la of course.

Ay complain somemore and all you'll get is a used Wal-mart plastic bag man. USED!

Some interesting stuffs around the mall:



Very well drawn grafitti wall displaying posters of current shows


And its uber cool cinema...


Donate your loose change! And watch it roll for seconds before it falls into a bottomless pit. I lost quite a few pennies that way. But its for a good course!




The crazy chocolate factory and its sinful delights...


I especially love the mini stalls that were set up. They sell the queerest things.


Ana the forgetful joker tying her hair with her room key attached to the band for she fears misplacing her key. Haha!



I love the hanging lanterns of this very Asian concept based decorative pieces store.


I'd load more photos but I'm just too tired! Here's us saying goodbye from the Concord Mills Arcade! Good night!