A Weekend in the Suburbs

So this past weekend (I apologize for this post being nearly a week late!), my mom came to visit me and I had the opportunity to spend some time in the suburbs at my mom's friend's house.  Originally, our plan was to spend the weekend in the city, but rain prohibited us from doing so.  "Escaping to the suburbs" ended up working out well because I was just getting over a cold; I truly got to enjoy the luxuries of peace, quiet, and relaxation!

Saturday afternoon, my mom and I headed to New Jersey (about a 20 minute drive) to visit the enormous Garden State Plaza.  In this shopping center, there was both a mall and an IKEA.  I'd never been to IKEA before, so I had a field day looking through all of the merchandise!  After our adventures in IKEA, my mom and I headed over to the mall where we ate dinner and did some shopping.  Here's a list of all of the stores in the mall, http://www.westfield.com/us/retailers#centres=gardenstateplaza... as you can see, the mall is massive!  After returning home late and a good night's sleep, we concluded the weekend with New York Bagels and a foot massage before I went back to FIT.