Shopping in Auburndale

A new baby can bring with it a bundle of new responsibilities, leaving parents anxious and in need of assistance. Thankfully, buybuy BABY’s expansive retail stores help preserve parental sanity with more than 20,000 products designed to ease the process of raising an infant or toddler. Online product guides and in-store registry specialists help parents sift through the wealth of strollers, highchairs, and other baby essentials from an encyclopedic list of brands.

Though buybuy BABY's stores can be as large as 60,000 square feet, parents feel like the center of attention thanks to private feeding rooms where they can freshen up their infants or test out new pacifiers without judgment. At the register, shoppers can present competitor pricing or coupons, which buybuy BABY honors as a commitment to keeping things affordable. Even after items have been wrapped in their signature pastel paper and shipped out, buybuy BABY looks out for families by faithfully reposting government recalls and accepting returns at all stores and online warehouses, even during naptime.

LaBella Intimates' owner, Santa LaBellman, dubbed the "Bra Whisperer" by Orange Appeal magazine, tempts eyes with her boutique's collection of lacy, silky, and frilly underthings procured from European and domestic designers. Santa, who is concerned that many women wear the wrong bra size or traffic cones under their shirts, offers complimentary fittings to match bosoms with cup sizes ranging from A cup to K cup and band sizes ranging from 30–50. The shop primarily carries brassieres and underwear from European brands Nikol Djumon, Kris Line, and V.O.V.A., but Santa also stocks playful pajamas from Bedhead and Toute la Nuit and smoothing shapewear by Yummie Tummie. After slipping behind the dressing rooms' black-and-white brocade curtains to try on their chosen wares, shoppers stand beneath the glow of a chandelier at the front register to take possession of their new lingerie.

Lisa Tariq helps keep Celebration residents stylish by curating an affordable, eclectic selection of designer apparel and accessories for men, women, and children. Her patrons can sort through racks of dresses, coats, sweaters, and vests, all the brainchildren of designers such as La Diva, Maggy London, and Life is Good. A collection of handbags, shoes, and sparkly accessories completes chic new outfits, and extended sizes allow every body type and overstuffed scarecrow to enjoy the shop's fashionable duds.

Twin brothers Tom and Rusty Bolton both have a pedigree in furniture, as both have been managing Wood You Furniture franchises in separate markets since the 1980s. That longtime experience has fueled their love of real-wood furnishings, giving them an opportunity to bring the community long-lasting furniture less likely to end up in landfills as well as the chance for the pair to grow a business together. Their store decorates interiors with sofas, bedroom sets, and accessories made from finely crafted solid wood, shunning the likes of particleboard for sturdy planes of alder and parawood. Bolstered by the design skills and artistic eye of fellow team member Faith, tasteful displays fill the showroom and help customers envision what their homes would look like with each piece inside. Patios and gardens also become inviting venues for backyard barbecues with umbrellas and benches, and kids' playrooms blend utility and whimsy with a selection of tyke-size desks and bunk beds. The store’s furniture and accessories also extend to designs made for home offices, living rooms, kitchens, dining rooms, and secret passages that deserve better aesthetics.

For the last five years, the technicians at Central Florida Cell Phone Repair have brought ailing phones back from the brink of electrical death. Enjoying a positive relationship with manufacturers, Central Florida Cell Phone Repair has unmatched access to quality replacement parts, and the techs can often repair a customer’s mobile window to the world during their visit. From keypad problems caused by furious texting to broken screens resulting from tossing a phone in the air to hear it giggle, the staff repairs almost any problem on any brand of phone.