Out on the Town, er, Village

Last weekend Jason and I needed a break from our apartment (after hours of being cooped up with the pleasant aromas of various cleaning solutions) but we wanted to do something out of "the norm" for us (the norm being movie and/or dinner).  Thus we set off and ended up at Gardner Village-a quaint, old-fashioned style village of miscellaneous shops.

We walked around for a while before the sun went down and saw some of the scenery.  It is actually a pretty fun place considering it is kinda in the middle of nowhere (yet everything at the same time--kinda confusing to explain, sorry!)

We walked through the different shops and even allowed each of us one indulgence.  Jason got a bottle of maple nut syrup which we haven't tried yet, but it sounds divine.  I got a little wooden block with the saying, "My favorite place is inside your hug" written on it to add to the ever-increasing decor of our apartment.

We ended the evening with dinner at Archibald's, a restaurant built inside an old flour mill.  Since they are celebrating their 30th anniversary, we even got 2 free slices of yummy carrot cake!  We tried to take a picture in front of the entrance sign but because it was dark and cold our hands kept shaking too much to get a very good one.  Overall though, it was a very successful outing!