silent USA economy

I am a shoppingholic and i love shopping mall. so, i go there on every weekend which has became my habit for 5 years. Even I am in the USA, my habit doesn't change. However,recently, the economy is so down, it seems people stop shopping. Everytime, i go to shopping mall, i feel so lonely especially on the friday night which should be a good time to shop. Yesterday, I went to bath&body work because they sent me a sales message claiming they are on clearance sale. The sadness is even the price is so amazing($5 for each bottle including body wash,lotion,creme and spray)but no body is there. The store is so so so quiet even they put the price $5 tag as much as they can but there is few people buying. I can experience that people feel despressed about the economy. They denied to purchasing so even they are on big sale, you still can see they have a lot of inventory in store..... ..so sad isn't it??

Everyday the media keeps reporting the bad news, the laid-off things, the bail-out requirement from company... Everybody is looking when will the ailing economy come to the end, more and more financial expertise predict the economy would be in recession for 2 years maybe more........ so the shopping things are getting more silent and silent......... quiet and quiet......