Dad and I had a really great time on the way up here. On the first day we drove from Atlanta to Peru, Illinois. So that trip is from Atlanta through Nashville, through part of Kentucky, and most of Illinois. We made sure to stop at the last Chick Fil A along our route. I really enjoyed my #1 with a lemonade :) So the next day we went from Peru, Illinois to Fargo, ND. We went through Wisconsin and stopped in the Wisconsin Dells. Roadfood.com had referred us to a great restaurant to get Wisconsin Cheese Curds so we made sure to stop by the Dells. Little did we know that the Wisconsin Dells are the midwestern version of Gatlinburg. Seriously though, they had water parks and a Ripley's Believe it or Not museum, and fudge shops galore! Also, we saw a plethora of bars, one of which had the tagline "Pour yourself a vacation". Classy! Anyways, we got the cheese curds and they were awesome. I mean, I like them a lot but I will not be like going out of my way to get them. It was like a new and improved mozzarella stick. Next, we stopped in Minneapolis and went to the mall of America! It was huge and overwhelming but so nice to get out and walk around! I was sure there was an Anthropologie in the the MoA however, I was wrong and my Dad was so nice that he let me go to the next closest one (still in Minneapolis). And, as always with Anthro, I left happy and depressed at the same time. Happy that I found a beautiful journal that I will so use, but depressed because the gorgeous clothes are not for part time teachers on a budget :( nor the gorgeous home furnishings.
However, after getting to touch all of the stuff I sent Andrew a bazillion links to things that would be lovely for Christmas haha (all under $30 I'm not crazy, I do love him and by a bazillion I think it was 4). Anyways, we made the trek from Minneapolis to Fargo which is not terrible and stayed the night in Fargo.
The next day we drove from Fargo to Jamestown and stopped off in Valley City to see VCSU and were lucky enough to run into a few of Andrew's coworkers in the music building! They were super friendly and we got some very nice tours of the facilities which are quite lovely, I know Andrew will be very happy there!
Then we made our way to Jamestown and of course, had to make our way to WalMart which makes me sad because I am a Target fan to the end but WalMart is what we have so I will learn to like it but I refuse to buy their meat.
On Tuesday the truck came!! And finally after many days I have my apartment well put together and here are some pictures of the finished product!
Living room:
$40 Couch, looking good in the living room
Andrew with Henri
Dining Room: boxes will be moved soon
Hallway
Kitchen
Kitchen and backdoor
KITCHENAID
cool nook in the hall
bathroom
bathroom
spare bedroom: soon to have more bookcases and less boxes!
still spare bedroom
spare bedroom closet
inside spare bedroom closet
other side spare bedroom closet
hall closet!
my room
my room
my room
my closet
more of my closet
other side of my closet
coat closet at the top of the stairs
we used a lot of boxes...
window at the top of the stairs
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