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Road Trip: Shopping Edition!


By Iowa Girl Eats (Visit website)



Edward!!!! o…m…g. Ben stopped watching Twilight with me last night because I was grinning and swooning like a lovesick teenager the entire time! I LOVED the movie! Sure, as some of you mentioned, the special effects were a little low budget and there were a few corny parts in the movie – but overall, the tortured love story and ahem, Robert Pattinson aka Edward Cullen, won me over. I debated going to a midnight screening of New Moon!!!


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Alas, I couldn’t because I’m up early to head to the Mall of America today!!


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The Mall of America is in Bloomington, MN – about 15 minutes outside of downtown Minneapolis – and in case you didn’t know, the MOA has…



20,000 parking spaces, 520 stores and 50 restaurants
Light rail transit to and from the airport and downtown Minneapolis
The nation’s largest indoor theme park
NO SALES TAX ON CLOTHING
4.3 miles of total store front footage
A consistent, indoor temperature of 70 degrees
4 levels, each .57 miles around
Enough space to fit 258 Statue of Liberty’s inside
40 million visitors annually

How’s THAT for a mall?


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My Mom and I are heading up to spend the entire day basking in the Christmas shopping glory, reveling in the beautiful holiday decorations and spending time in the great city of Minneapolis. I haven’t been back since my friend’s bachelorette party last May!


In case you didn’t know, I lived in Minneapolis for three years right after college. I have so many memories of learning how to live on my own and become an “adult”, so it hold a very special place in my little heart. :)


Road trip essentials:


Magazines


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How I accumulated all of these, I’ll never know!


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It least after reading, I’ll know how to get flat abs, lose 10lbs and decipher whether or not he’s into me. ;)


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Breakfast


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I FINALLY found Peanut Butter & Jelly Lara Bars at the Hy-Vee we ate at last week! SOOOO excited – it’s the only flavor I haven’t tried!!


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I adore Lara Bars for their ingredient list. It seriously makes me giddy.


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Yogurt


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Honeycrisp Apple


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Tower o’ breakfast aka Christmas shopping fuel.


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I also have my can’t-leave-home-without-it H2O.


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Alright folks – I’m off! Here’s hoping we can cross everything off our Christmas shopping lists in one fell swoop! Have a wonderful Saturday!


~~~~~


Big shopping malls: Love ‘em or Leave ‘em?


What do you want for Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Other?


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