Töcksfors.

Today we went to the shopping center in Töcksfors. It is near the Norwegian border, only about an hour away from us. There are lots of shopping centers near the Norwegian border, since it is cheaper in Sweden than in Norway, and stores are open more hours in Sweden, so the Norwegians always make their way to Sweden for plenty of shopping. I think we were the only Swedes there. :D

Fredrik looked at their open hours on the Net, and it said they opened at 10. We ended up leaving an hour later than planned, at 10 and got there a bit after 11. Which was for the best, considering the stores didn't open until 12! There were only a few other people walking around in the mid-size, oval mall, so we let Leia run around A LOT. Which was good. :) She got rid of lots of energy. Then we took a walk around the mall again, and she rested and relaxed and fell asleep. :) She slept about.. at least 2 hours in her stroller. :) While we walked around and shopped. :) It was awesome.





The mall is really very lovely and built on a lake, and they were decorated for Christmas. Leia kept trying to take off the decorations on the tree. And everyone that walked by was in-love with her. :)) It was SO nice being out and having Leia behave. :) She fell asleep without a problem and she even looked happy while she slept. :) Fredrik and I were able to enjoy a nice time shopping together, without rushing, able to chat and look at things.. it was very nice and relaxing. :) It wasn't nearly as crowded as we were expecting. And we got some great sales.










They have 2 grocery stores, and I wanted to try one of them, with the hopes of them having some American food products. As luck would have it:



They had TONS of stuff!! Fredrik got mac+cheese and I got Reese's cups. :) I even got some Goldfish. They had so much stuff.. I wanted to buy at least one of everything. :)) So we got plenty of food stuff there.

We really like the shopping center. They don't have very many stores, but there are plenty that we like: a BRIO store for toys, a baby store for Leia, some good clothes stores, and even an Indiska (one of my favorites). I was able to get some mugs to match 2 bowls I have. Got the mugs for almost ½ price. ;) Fredrik got 4 sets of old computer games that we both played growing up. Games we wanna share with Leia when she gets older. And we got another baby-gate for upstairs. So she can run around without us having to hold our breath about her falling down the stairs.

We had a very nice day and Fredrik and I are very tired. :) We walked around that place many, many times. :) I don't think we've ever had such a nice family shopping day as we did today.