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If you have younger kids and live or work near Auburn, you need to stop at this store. They sells lots of Melissa and Doug products (just look on Amazon and see how popular that brand is to know why this is a very important detail). It’s a bit of an eclectic shop, offering beautiful (yet reasonably priced) jewelry, Christmas ornmanents, sport-​themed novelty items (Purdue, IU, OSU, to name a few), candles and kitchenwares, and then lots and lots of children’s items (not clothing, but books, games, and artsy things).
The downside is that the story is NOT open Saturday NOR Sunday. The owner said she can’t do 6 days a week anymore (understandable!), but I say why not try Tuesday-​Saturday to help out working parents. They aren’t open late either — ususally it’s M-​F around 10am-4:30 or so. Thus, minus one star for convenient hours.
It’s easy to get to, though. Right on Main Street across from Mad Anthony’s. Street parking was easy enough when I went on a Monday morning. Not sure what it’s like later in the day.
The big seller for me was that everything seemed reasonably priced. I think 3 of the 4 things I bought were all at least 20 (up to 50%) off. The customer service was nice/​friendly. All in all a terrific little find. Kind of like Hallmark meets Toys ‘R Us Express with a little Bed, Bath and Beyond thrown in for good measure.
Definitely plan to go back!