Ben and I took the weekend off (well, we took Saturday off) to go to Svensk Hyllningsfest in Lindsborg, KS. It's become a kind of every-other-year tradition for us to get away for the weekend, and spend some time with our good friends Shannon and Alex at Shannon's parents' house. (Shout out to Paul and Linda for putting up with us every couple of years!)
This year we didn't spend too much time at Hyllningsfest stuff, though, because it was freaking cold. Way too cold to be hanging out at the outdoor arts and crafts tent, or eating fair food, or drinking beer behind the Stuga--all of our usual Hyllningsfest activities.
Instead, after watching a bit of the Hyllningsfest parade, we browsed in the Lindsborg library's used bookstore for awhile.
Then we drove to nearby Salina to enjoy a few of Cozy Inn's famous burgers: little tiny bun-wrapped packages of oniony, mustardy goodness.
We hit a few other little places (Goodwill, a record store) in Salina before heading back to Shannon's parents' house to nap. But since it started snowing while we were sleeping, we decided to nix our previous plans (see the Stuga, mentioned above) and instead go to the mall in Salina to shop and eat.
I have to say, there is a special place in my heart for the Salina mall. When I was growing up in Holyrood, when we said "the mall," what we meant was the Salina mall. It was one of my favorite places as a tween/early teen. This was the first time I had been back there in about 13 or 14 years, though. Which explains why I bothered to take pictures (or post pictures!) of a mall.
Oh, Claire's Boutique, you were my pre-teen years.
Ben and I have been super busy, so we had to cut our visit short. We drove down on Saturday morning, and left to come home super early Sunday morning. But we packed a ton of fun into our little visit.
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You and Shannon look hilarious in those glasses.
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