Week 1: 4.3 miles of consumer fun!

Hello again from the Cheese State!
In recent news, I have been to Mall of America, rearranged my dorm room, eaten cake and been scouted for the Women’s Rugby team... I know, obviously for my build and general athletic talents!
Orientation week finished on Friday, after which we were collected by the Meyers (host family), and went out for dinner. We tried some Wisconsin delicacies such as ‘cukes’, which are deep fried pickles. Surprisingly they weren’t too bad! I decided to skip the starter and main course and just have dessert (not kidding!) and as you can see in the pictures, I had the Strawberry Pie with Cream Cheese topping! So tasty!
We stayed over at the Meyers house on Friday night and watched Jimmy Kimmel which was fun, not to mention taking a shower in a bathroom with a door (luxury)! On Saturday morning we left bright and early for the Mall of America.
I didn’t spend too much money but did get a nice tracksuit from Victoria’s Secret. I thought it would be good to wear for classes instead of pyjamas, which is what most people favour (again not kidding)! Supposedly someone came to class wearing a one piece pyjamset with the footsie bits attached!
In the mall I soon became a fan of the Nestle Tollhouse cookies which could be found dispersed throughout the stores, they're quite possibly better than Millies Cookies!
The mall has 4.3 miles of store front and it would have been great if we took a pedometer with us to see how far we walked, because it was a really tiring day. Still, nothing a Red Bull and 2 lattes couldn’t manage!
The highlight of the day however was discovering an eyebrow threading bar hidden on the 4th floor as we were leaving. I now have beautifully shaped eyebrows at last!
Today I slept in until 9.30 and then got breakfast with Annie, there’s a really nice smoothie bar on campus where I get breakfast every morning now! I ate breakfast while watching Gossip Girl, which I have now finished in time for Season 2’s premiere tomorrow night! I do love my boxsets!
In the afternoon I went to a Mexican Fiesta thing which wasn’t much of a Fiesta, but did have free dinner which was delicious! Tacos, Chilli, Salad, rice, beans and the like!
So far, it’s proving to be really difficult to find food that isn’t really processed and disgusting so luckily tomorrow the gym opens where there are classes everyday which I’m planning to go to. I’m signed up for Butts and Guts (because I liked the name!) Kick boxercise and aerobics! Not to mention my first rugby practice on Tuesday! I'm going to be so fit, I refuse to become like Michelle McManus so I'm going to do aerobics everyday!
I’ll put up some pictures of my newly rearranged dorm room once it’s finished, we got in trouble for taking the bunk bed down ourselves! One of Janesa’s friends, Jon did it for us which we later found out is against the rules! Hopefully there won't be any nasty repercussions.
Nothing planned for tomorrow except watching movies and getting ahead on some reading for my classes as on Tuesday all the classes start.
Also, note to mother, I’m in the midst of sorting tickets to see Rascal Flatts! YAY!

Hannah
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