drawn to the neon lights

We're on vacation in Appleton right now. Today we went window shopping at the mall in search of a candy store that was in the mall when Justin was little. That was a bust. So we went exploring downtown and Justin made fun of the Christmas decorations that were starting to litter the city streets. We found a candy store/ice cream/gift shop/bakery called Crazy Sweets and spent 45 minutes browsing through all the old candy selections. I got almost all of my Christmas shopping done for Justin's family, and we spent like $35 on candy. We drove home as the sun was setting and it was the perfect day.

Tonight, we went to Funset Boulevard. It was our entire reason for this vacation. One of the best things about being an adult is getting to choose when you feel like a kid again. We got a discount on our hotel through Funset, and we got 20 free tokens and money off of a pizza with our hotel room key so I'd call it a win-win! Seriously, stepping into Funset was sort of like sensory overload, but in the best way.

First, the smell of grease slaps you in face when you walk in the door. It makes you crave pizza and french fries that you know are going to give you a chin full of acne for the next week, but if the goal is to let your inner child run wild tonight, who am I to deny her? We got pizza, cheese curds, cheese fries, and Justin got a burger that he has to rip apart into teeny, tiny little pieces in order to be able to eat it without teeth. We're going to be eating leftovers for days. After we ran our leftovers back to the hotel, we were ready for some games. (And the photo booth!)

I kicked Justin's butt at Skee Ball, thank you very much. But he kicked my butt at basically everything else. ;)

20 free tokens + $40 worth of tokens from the machine = 2 and a half hours of entertainment AND 995 prize tickets. I was kinda pissed that we were 5 short of 1000, but we were out of tokens and ready to go home. Instead of using our tickets to get something we didn't need and don't have the room for at home, Justin gave me the task of finding someone to give away our tickets to. I gave them to a sweet family, and the little girl's face lit up when I handed her the slip. Good deeds make my heart shine brighter. It lets out more light into the world.

The rest of the night we're hanging out at the hotel, watching TV and grazing on all the leftovers we've accumulated over the last three days. One more full day tomorrow and then Saturday we head back to real life.

I love vacation.