Mommy In Suburbia

I hope you all had a fantastic Mother’s Day weekend! 

We decided last minute to make a trip to an outdoor shopping center in Columbus that we’d never been to before, because my favorite way to relax is to window shop. And occasionally buy.

This may sound weird, but I love shopping when I don’t actually need anything. If I’m looking for something, it’s stressful and irritating. But, if I go with the intention to buy only if I find something I love, I have so much fun!

There isn’t much around where we live other than your typical Target, Kohl’s, etc, so going to a place that had Crate and Barrel, Sur La Table, and Tiffany & Co. within a few steps of each other felt like taking an out of state vacation.

It was over a 2 hour drive from home, and the kids were amazingly well behaved on the ride and all day long. We took them to the Lego store, and unfortunately the American Girl store wasn’t open yet or we would have stopped there as well.

I also got to go to my 3rd favorite happy place (Tiffany’s being 1st, and Sur la Table being 2nd) the Container Store. So many cute boxes, and more acrylic organizers than I could take. 

We got the kids cheesecake at the Barnes and Noble, and my husband fell in love with the furniture at Restoration Hardware. Oh, and the sweet gentlemen at Tiffany’s gave Alexis and Logan tiffany blue suckers while we were looking. I was very impressed that they didn’t blink an eye about bringing 3 small children into the store. Though, they were all well restrained in the strollers!

Everything closed at 6pm, it being Sunday, so we were only there for about 5 hours and there were about 6 stores I didn’t get to visit. We’re definitely planning a trip back soon, and I’m planning on hitting Nordstrom and Louis Vuitton first.

There’s a little park where they have fountains shooting out of the concrete for kids to play in when it’s warm enough.

And Logan loved that there was a large train set that we could watch go around.

Katie was just happy to be in the fresh air, and new things to look at.

This guy? The best husband in the world. 

It’s an amazing man who will drive two hours so his wife can shop someplace new for Mother’s Day, and isn’t worried about her blowing the budget. In fact, I only bought 3 things. A set of cutting boards, tongs, and an awesome spatula thingy for making sandwiches. 

Now, I’m sure that if I had gone into Nordstrom, that number would have been higher. Much higher.

A day away from the house and cleaning and constant correction of the kids was a very much needed break. I felt so much better this morning, and ready to get things done. Lots of new ideas popped in my head on the way home. New scenery is a great way to get my brain working again!