Here Comes the Competition

Now that I've wasted a whole lot of time looking for pictures to go with this post, I think I will just have to write this with no pictures.
Some time back I wrote about a new shopping center coming to town. We are finally getting some stores that most places have, but we don't. It caused our local mall to get in a tizzy. After it lost a law suit to not let the new shopping center into town, the mall decided to bring a stupid looking theatre into the front parking lot. The outside of the mall is now being repainted, and the inside is getting a complete face lift including new floor tile, lights, paint and whatever else. Now if it can just get some stores in there....
Target is one of the stores in the new shopping center. As of right now, the only similar store we have is good old Wal-Mart. Spencer and I noticed that it now has a new, more modern looking paint job on the outside. The other night we went in there, and they are laying wood floors down, and now have modern looking display racks for the clothes. We started talking about how Target must have Wal-Mart a little scared. Then we started noticing that almost all the existing shopping centers in town are renovating with at least paint on the outside. It's amazing how a little competition can make a whole town straighten up its looks. Hey, maybe we'll even finish painting the outside of our house soon.........just to keep up with the crowd. :)