Hi Ladies.

In case any of you are planning a trip here to the Twin Cities I thought I'd mention some shopping spots aside from Mall of America (with the exception of Club Monaco)

Club Monaco
Mall of America 8100 24th Ave S, BLOOMINGTON MN 55425
Prices are a bit pricey but I was always able to get nice dress pants here and they will hem your purchased pants for free.

Nordstrom Rack in Maple Grove
12745 Elm Creek Boulevard
Maple Grove, MN 55369
Every time I have gone here they have had about half a rack of size 5 and 5.5 shoes.

Banana Republic
The following locations carry petite sizes
a) 3925 W. 50th Street, EDINA MN 55424
b) 10 Rosedale Shopping Ctr, ROSEDALE MN 55113

Southdale Shopping Center
1835 Southdale Center, ROSEVILLE, MN
I like to shop at Southdale Mall since it's quiet and has an H&M, JCrew, Michael Kors, Ann Taylor (carries some petite sizes) and Loft (carries some petite sizes)

Rosedale Shopping Center
This mall has a Forever 21 outside of Mall of America that I have visited so far. When I went the store was neat and it was 2 levels. This mall also has a J.Crew, Ann Taylor and loft (but unfortunately no H&M)

Hope you find this useful and if anyone else has any recommendations please share