I try to keep this blog on-topic and don’t usually write “hey, look where we went” type of posts. But… um… hey, look where we went this past Saturday!
The Pink Elephant Antique Mall in Livingston, Illinois! It’s on I-55, not quite an hour north of St. Louis. Sure, a visit to an antique mall isn’t so off-topic for this blog, but the big draw here isn’t the antique mall; it’s all the roadside oddities.
The antique mall itself was pretty average. A lot of “smalls,” not too much furniture. A lot of “junk,” not really fine antiques. (Junk is what I prefer anyway.) The prices were pretty comparable to other antique malls I’ve visited, which is to say some things are overpriced, but there are also bargains to be had.
We did bring home a couple of items:
This mini metal mailbox bank. It’s about nine inches tall.
And a souvenir Disney World book from the 80s that somehow my husband didn’t already own.
After shopping, we sampled some ice cream from the shop outside and Elise had her first cone to herself. (Usually, we share, but this was holding off lunch. Don’t judge.)
I would totally stop by again if we were in the neighborhood. It’s a great photo opp, if you like taking photos of weird stuff like I do. And the ice cream is pretty good too!
