Shopping in Istanbul

Shopping in Istanbul is easy...a little too easy!
apart from the many great traditional shops and markets there are many many malls here. In fact Istanbul Forum mall is supposed to be the largest one in Europe. We only had enough time to go to two shops; H&M and Ikea yeah its not the most different thing to where i would go in the states but still i was super excited. I need to try and make a trip there again mainly to see the enormity the the place not just two stores.
Anyways main point is that there are several malls just down the street from each other, you could walk from one to the other within 10 min thats how close they are. well yesterday i decided i need to go to H&M to get more summer clothes before i leave on my boat trip. I went to Sapphire mall for the first time only going to H&M and dropped 100 TL there. Yeah its only about $65 but still i have never spent that much at one time. And that was me controlling myself!! good thing 100tl was all i had! :)
I walked into the store and first thing i see is a huge section of sale clothes! everything i got was around 10TL each which is about $6 so great deals! I want to go back but i have no time before i leave and good thing too. I am not sure how long my self control will last with those great deals. But yes after i left i freaked out a little. but it was so worth it trust me! :) i love all my new things! :) All in all Istanbul is a dangerous city if you love to shop and find great deals!
take care!
-Ana