Houston Luxury Shopping? (Austin, San Marcos, Katy: live in, outlet mall, move)

[KerrTown]

Originally Posted by Mom2Feebs

The best Outlet stores are in San Marcos, a two hour drive west/northwest of Houston. Just do a google search! The outlets there have been rated as some of the best in the country.

Are you crazy? San Marcos is the halfway point between Austin and San Antonio. Katy Mills is more reasonable--too bad Sealy Outlet Centre is a dump. Conroe Outlet Center is a good one. Isn't there another outlet centre on I-45 near Galveston?

[Bike4Life]

Since when did shopping outlet centers become luxury shopping centers?

[Mom2Feebs]

Originally Posted by jfre81

In what, an Indy car?

Um, no, it takes me 2 hours exactly to get to San Marcos outlet stores from my house. I live at I-10 and the Beltway.

Originally Posted by KerrTown

Are you crazy? San Marcos is the halfway point between Austin and San Antonio. Katy Mills is more reasonable--too bad Sealy Outlet Centre is a dump. Conroe Outlet Center is a good one. Isn't there another outlet centre on I-45 near Galveston?

Um....yyyyyeah............no, I'm not crazy. IMHO, Katy Mills sucks.

The question was where are the best outlet stores, and I answered. She didn't ask where the best ones were in Houston. Most women don't mind driving 2-3 hours if the outlet is exceptional, and San Marcos most definitely is.



San Marcos--Prime Outlets
San Marcos--Tanger Outlets

[jfre81]

Well, yeah, it does help if you're way out there and you're not far from where the speed limit signs start saying "70" again...I'll be quarter of the way into two hours at least before just getting where you are.

"If you live in Katy and I live on the south side, we will never hang out."

[Mom2Feebs]

I'm not in Katy. I'm in Memorial. But, I see your point. It would take someone living in Clear Lake a lot longer.

[jfre81]

Originally Posted by Mom2Feebs

I'm not in Katy. I'm in Memorial. But, I see your point. It would take someone living in Clear Lake a lot longer.

Just quoting from the "rules of the road"

[groens]

there's an outlet place off 45 south near or just past clear lake... can't remember exactly where it is... on the way to galveston. anyone know the exit?

[jfre81]

Originally Posted by groens

there's an outlet place off 45 south near or just past clear lake... can't remember exactly where it is... on the way to galveston. anyone know the exit?

I think that would be La Marque....exit 14 or 15 something. Past the greyhound track on the right heading south toward Galveston.

[groens]

thanks, i've never been there, just saw it on the way out to gvz.
i don't know of any other outlets... does loeman's (sp?) count as an outlet? i used to live there when i was in university. (59/fondren)

[bostoner]

Originally Posted by KerrTown

Are you crazy? San Marcos is the halfway point between Austin and San Antonio. Katy Mills is more reasonable--too bad Sealy Outlet Centre is a dump. Conroe Outlet Center is a good one. Isn't there another outlet centre on I-45 near Galveston?

Crazy? Maybe, but a lot of people in the region travel to San Marcos (and Conroe) just for the shopping. My mother and aunts used to go there routinely a few times a year to scour the outlets.