This was the scene at the West Edmonton Mall this past weekend when we mistakenly thought we could take in dinner and a movie:
(I know the pic sucks I… took it with my cell phone).
Anyway, what we found was a waiting list at every restaurant of at least an hour, so it was off to the food court where we could hardly find a seat. At the movies the line was right out the doors winding to the top of the mall stairs and there was hardly enough room to pack everyone into the concession line ups.
The most recent consumer confidence numbers I could find were for January at 103, up from November's 99, "reflecting increased belief that the housing and retail markets favour the consumer," said the survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers. Perhaps Edmontonians are even more confident than the survey suggests.
