Feeding frenzy at what's left of Filene's

On The Pink Shoe Diaries, Sarah recounts a trip to her local Filene's on Wednesday:

... As we made our way to the down escalator, I heard a faint buzzing which grew louder as we descended. And as the 1st floor came into view I understood why.

It was milling, nay, CRAWLING with crazed shoppers. The makeup counters had all been cleared out to make room for the china and women were huddled around the Kate Spade and Vera Wang patterns, checking every price sticker, carressing platinum banded dinner plates, examining rose patterned tea cups for damage, searcing for the matching gravy boat. I of course threw myself upon this mass, equally as frenzied, as Adam's faint voice reached me "I will be in the men's department" ...