70's Returns

It's official. The 70's are back! On our amazing trip to the Mall of America all the stores we went to had the tunic shirts, the leggings, leg-warmers, leather jackets, fringe, floral, flared jeans, one shoulder shirts, boots and my personal favorite, saddle shoes! One of the restaurants was even playing 70's music. Mom and Dad also thought they spotted Elton John, but most likely it was just some random old guy wearing orange crocs and a weird hat. 

We shopped from ten A.M. till about three o'clock, I spent all my money plus some of Tina's, and there were still stores I hadn't even looked at yet. Some of the more interesting stuff I spotted at the Mall of America was a Darth Vader spatula, black and white floral print skinny jeans, ten inch cheetah print heals, a pair of jeans on sale for $118, a simple black cable knit sweater for $60, and oh yeah, and let's not forget the crazy looking people shopping there too! When we walked through the Aquarium we also spotted some HUGE turtles. Seriously HUGE turtles. Like, HUGE. Sharks, another even BIGGER turtle, starfish, seahorses, Dory and Nemo, and these two crazy looking fish that were eating each other.

Before the MOA we also stopped at Cabbella's for Dad. The proud fisherman couldn't leave without a huge fish pillow, Walleye magnet, fish-mouth cup holder, and a fish hook key chain. The animals in the middle where really spectacular. HUGE moose, polar bears, dear, turkeys, black bears, foxes, lynxes, wolves, beavers, squirrels, and mountain goats. They where arranged in "gravity defying" ways, turkeys in flight, dear leaping of cliffs. My favorite part was the Africa exhibit; the elephants, zebras, (which, according to some, aren't cool) vultures, hyenas, and don't forget the lions!

After all that walking around and up and down and around and in and out and then up and down some more, my legs HURT. The Mall of America is super huge, four stories, not including the basement aquarium, with 500 something stores. Of course I have a terrible sense of direction so I took the long way around to the different stores quite often. The four, five, miles we ran Wednesday night on our communist run didn't help much, especially since it has most likely been two years since I last ran.

So combining the run, the drive, the mall, and the drive home, I am super stiff and sore, and am SO glad I can sleep in tomorrow. Still, as much fun as it was, I am glad to be home. Although I am going to miss that hot tub at the hotel . . .