Then, we ate together as a family at Moe's before dropping Cai off at his MiMi & Pop's house for a "sleepover".
We went back home and Hart told me what to pack in my bag. At this point I still had no idea what we were really doing. After we left home, he told me that it started with a "C". So literally every "C" I saw from our house to where we went I asked if that's what we were doing!
We stayed at the Inn at Claussen's, a historic hotel that used to be Claussen's bakery, in 5 Points here in Columbia, SC. It's a "B&B on steroids" as they like to say. It was REALLY nice. Our room was a loft style room with a spiral staircase to a bed/bath in the loft.
It was so quiet and relaxing. I was able to sleep in until almost 9 am! What a birthday present to not hear a 2 year old knocking on the door "I'm stuck, mommy!" when he wakes up and wants out of his room at 7:30 am! Haha!
We went to the Blue Marlin in the Vista for a delicious dinner, and during dinner Hart completely pulled one over one me.... I'll let him explain in his own words:
We really enjoyed West Side Story... (except how sad that ending is...gets ya every time!) I just loved all the partner dancing, and the costumes and the twirling skirts, the lifts and choreography!
Perhaps my favorite thing about the Inn at Claussen's is that you get room service included in your stay for breakfast.
Coffee, juices, milk, croissants, bagels, yogurt parfaits, muffins, and fruit were the items to choose from, so just enough, but to have it delivered and just set it back outside.... it was marvelous!
After breakfast, we got ready and since we were so close to USC's campus and the students were out for break, we grabbed some Starbucks and enjoyed a chilly/windy walk across campus to the Horseshoe. It was really fun walking together there, since we have so many college memories there from when we were dating!
It really wast the most perfect staycation I could have asked for and I'm so glad we found this Inn, because it's on our list of "future staycations". I loved getting to sleep in on my birthday, and the sweet time with just my husband to focus on our marriage!
Of course, we were ready to get our little punky bruster baby boy back! We were grateful for Hart's parents who took care of him & Abe for us! My husband did SUCH a great job surprising me, and it was the perfect little getaway in our own city! It really was fun & funny at the same time to be able to act like tourists where we live, haha!!!! Here's to praying for many, many, many more to come!
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