When in Kelowna recently, my partner and I saw a lululemon athletica store. Since we don't have a lululemon in Prince George, I wanted to take a look. I know their clothes look and feel great for active wear. I also know it's expensive. The store was just opening for the day as we passed and we were swept in with a gaggle of women who were entering the door while the salesgirl held it open with her key still in the lock.
"Did you hear about the sale?" one woman asked me.
I was a bit confused, since 5 seconds before Shawn and I had been peacefully ambling with our Starbucks in the sunshine along the quiet early morning streets.
"No..." I started.
"Well, I didn't want to stand in line, so I am here to pay full price," and she darted away into the store with the other frantic shoppers.
As the salesgirl retrieved her key from the door, she explained that all the lululemon stores in the region had taken their discount items and were holding a huge sale in an arena in Kelowna.
They were only allowing 600 shoppers in at once, apparently, and the lineup was huge.
"Well, I have never been to a lululemon and I am just here to look around," I said.
The store was suddenly quite busy, for having just opened, and Shawn and I made our way through the room, feeling fabrics, looking at price tags, trying to not get run over by frenzied lulu lovers.
Before long, I said, "Let's get out of here."
As we reentered the pleasant cool of the shady side of the street, I told Shawn, "It's really good stuff, but I am not spending $100 on a pair of pants so I can look like everyone else."
Shawn said, "You know who's not wearing lululemon? The yogi in India, that's who."
I guess that's it in a nutshell.
I practice yoga to strengthen my body, but also to still my mind. Shopping in lululemon was far from the stillness I enjoy in my yoga.
We made our way to the Cannery Lofts, which were under construction the last time we visited Kelowna. We wanted to see how they had turned out. As I peered down the street at the storefronts, a couple on the patio of the corner coffee shop began pointing and saying, "Yeah, that's right, it's right down there!"
"What is?"
How do they know what we are looking for when we don't?
"The lululemon sale.... it's down there!" the woman said.
Oy!
2 comments:
Great observations, Dawn.
I recently spent some time with one of my old yoga teachers from Toronto. She is a CLASSIC old school yoga teacher and was in India in the 70s.
She has moved outside the city and has hung up some pictures in her new studio from her time studying with Mr. Iyengar.
Anyway, in these pictures her classes were made up of guys with long hair and beards wearing Speedos and not much else.
You want REAL yoga wear? That's it!
haha! too true! one of my friends has a guy in her bikram class who comes in his GINCH!!
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