The Mall Dare Date!

A couple of weekends ago, some friends invited us to go out to dinner with them. We ended up at the Fudruckers at the mall and chatted the hours away. Trav thought the night was going to end there, little did he know what I had in store! After our friend's parted ways, I pulled out {Part 2} of our date. 

The Mall Dare Card. 

I had gotten this idea from that website, the Dating Divas. I'm doing a segment on fun date ideas for our February Relief Society Activity, so I thought it'd be fun to try some out ahead of time. 

But what really spurred me on, was looking at some pictures we had taken on a date, right after we got married. We had gone to a Diamondback's game and sat through 11 innings with no runs! Bloody! Obviously, we got stupid bored and pulled out my camera, making all manner of ugly and silly faces. It made me smile, remembering how much fun it is to be completely goofy with each other and not care what anyone around you thinks. 

OK, enter the Mall Dares. 

I will give you a sampling of a few.....

*Point at the ceiling for 3 min. and see how many people you can get to look up.

*Find a yoga book at a bookstore and practice doing the poses in the aisle.

*Find a baby shoe and ask the store clerk if it comes in your size.

*Pretend to work at a store and ask shoppers if you can help them find anything.

*Ask for change for a nickle and emphasize that you want it in pennies.

*Go to a crowded area and do your best, fake marriage proposal.

*Ask a stranger to take a picture of you posing with a store mannequin.

*Get in a crowded elevator, then turn around and say, "I gathered you here today because....."

Clearly, some of these would take major guts! We both grimaced at the marriage proposal one. Yikes! And our mall didn't have an elevator, or a book store, but we did manage to do most of the other ones. I guess it's supposed to be like a game, where you get points for each dare, but we basically just agreed on the ones we thought would be funny, then pushed each other into doing them!

We started out small.... trying to get people to look up at the ceiling. I kept pointing and saying things like, "Oh man, how did that get there?!" But honestly, we kept cracking up or the blood would drain from our faces from looking up too long. We definitely got people staring at US, but I don't think anyone ever looked at the ceiling! BUST! But it did get our bravery up.

Next one, was probably my favorite! I walked into a Payless and Trav kept his distance, acting like he didn't know me. I went to the baby section and found a tiny, pink shoe, with Disney Princesses on it. I walked right up to the cashier where an older lady and foreign gentlemen were working. With a completely straight face (I t was so hard!) I said, "Um, I was just wondering if you carried this shoe in my size?" 

The lady's face seriously lit up and she gushed, "I know, right?!" I kid you not!

The man, on the other hand, peered at me cautiously and said, "That's a water sock shoe. They only make those in toddler sizes."

"Oh, darn. I understand. Thanks anyway!"

Then I spun on my heels, glancing at Trav, trying not to look too elated! It went perfectly!

 I'm pretty sure the hubs was not one bit excited about this, until I pulled off the shoe stunt. Then he got a little more into the spirit of things. 

Next, we went into Famous Footwear and he snagged this Spiderman beauty.

I kind of tagged along behind him as he found an older lady working in the aisle. He showed her the shoe then popped the same question. She kind of looked skeptical and chuckled, saying, "No that only goes up to size 13". 

"Size 13 in boys, then?" Trav clarified. :)

Now she smiled, and said, "You know, my brother in law was in her just last week and asked about that exact same shoe, with the webbing on the top and everything! He was really bummed we didn't have it in his size, either!" 
Dead serious.

We just played along, "Ah man, I know! Why don't they think adults wouldn't like them too?!" Shaking our heads like, those shoe designers need to get a clue! I was dying inside. Maybe it would have been a little more embarrassing for us if we had found slightly more "normal" employees. :)

We managed to get away without cracking up. Then the best part was, Trav found a pair of tennis shoes he needed on clearance, which meant we could get a second pair for 50% off! I was was debating between some sandals and wedges and went with the sandals. When we were checking out, the sandals rang up for $2.50!! Which meant they were $5 on clearance anyway. So Trav, gave me a push and said to go get the wedges too, and we'd take the 50% off those and just pay the $5 for the sandals. Ka-ching!!!! Wha wha! I wasn't even planning on getting new shoes that night and I walked away with TWO. My husband is the best!

That same lady from before, was checking us out and watching the whole {two shoe} thing unfold. Now she was our best friend, and nudged Trav saying, "Oh ho! Making her happy will probably make you happy later on!" 
Ahhhh!!! Famous Footwear lady implying Trav was going to get lucky only made the night that much better! Hysterical! 

We also split up to ask store clerks to take our picture with a mannequin. I told the girl in Aero that I wanted to see if I would look good next to this outfit, so I'd know whether to get it for my husband. Haha! I'm so lame, but couldn't think of any other reason I'd need a picture with a mannequin. She must have thought I was nuts!

 And hopefully the lady in Motherhood Maternity didn't think Trav was a perv! I love that he did it though. What a good sport!

My next favorite was probably asking for change for my nickel. I went up to the smoothie place in the food court and some misfit teenager just looked at me strangely then held out his hand. When I emphasized that I really needed it in pennies, he raised an eyebrow and kind of muttered, "I don't think there's anything smaller..." Haha. Unfortunately, I don't think many of the other food court employees thought it was very weird! They were more than happy to make the change, and almost didn't give us a second glance! Hmmm, I'm not going to judge IQ here.

By then, we had run out of time and needed to get the babysitter home. But even as we were leaving, we were coming up with other dares. For example, at Fudruckers, there are always random employees coming up to your table to ask  if you want a refill on your drink. It would be hysterical to go up to a table and do that and see their face. Better yet, their walls are all made of glass, so the other person watching would get to see all of if without going inside. We were cracking up just imagining it. 

So it wasn't anything spectacular, but it turned just a regular dinner date, into something a little more fun. I'm glad Trav finally caught the vision and was willing to be goofy with me for just a bit! No matter what we do, he's always my favorite date. :)