It's no secret that Clark's executive producer Christa has found a lot of excitement in clothes shopping over the years. Recently she's been trying to change her spendthrift behavior and has detailed the transformation on
her blog.
While she's been doing a much better job at saving lately, the old Christa came out with a vengeance when a new H&M opened in the Atlanta area. After dropping her kids at school, Christa got in a queue with hundreds of frenzied woman (and 2 men) hours before the store officially opened its doors. The first 250 people in line received H&M gift cards that had to be scratched off to reveal between $10 and $250 worth of free clothing. The first 250 people also received a free tote bag, umbrella and T-shirt. Christa's gift card turned out to be for $75, while 5 people in line who camped out overnight only got $10 each!
Clark knew she'd go overboard with her spending at this event, and she did
by $93! Christa vows that she's going to return a lot of the items she got, but no one on the staff believes her. Her finds included a couple of "nice" T-shirts for $12; linen pants for $25; and a beautiful cocktail dress for $39, among other things.
H&M is not necessarily a well-known store in the United States, but it's immensely popular in Europe. It's like their GAP, with fashion forward styles that trend a little younger and are fairly inexpensive.
When Clark's eldest daughter was 13, he took her on a father-and-daughter trip to England when he spied a $180 roundtrip fare. But he actually lost money because all she wanted to do was go from one H&M to another on London's Oxford Street. The music was deafening at each location and Clark was saddled with at least 14 shopping bags. Security at each location would eye him suspiciously as he entered the store!