There's a new IKEA in West Sacramento and since the Boy needs new furniture for his living room, we decided to go see what the new IKEA had in store.
Last night, when we drove by at 8:30pm and saw a line of cars still waiting to get into the IKEA parking lot (the store was due to close at 9pm), we decided that we'll get up early and get to IKEA a little before it opens at 10 am. Good idea, right? So very wrong, very very wrong.
Well, at 9:55am, we turned into the IKEA Court roadway, or whatever, that leads up to the monsterous blue building and proceeded to inch slowly behind 50,000 other cars that were trying to get to the store too. The parking lot was already three quarters full and the store wasn't even open yet! There were also about a million cops, firetrucks and ambulances there too. After twenty minutes of inching our way to the next available parking spot, we went inside and were surrounded by a bazillion people in the showroom. Everyone racing to get a yellow IKEA shopping bag and continue to fill it up with cheap IKEA stuff (Oh look, a 10 piece tool set for just $5.99--you need that!). I gave the Boy a warning: "After all this, you better not leave IKEA empty handed. You better buy something, even if it's just a wine glass." I get a little claustrophobic in crowded places, but my mind somehow seemed to manage the crowd today.
After an hour and a half of the Boy point to every sofa and me sitting on every sofa and showing my dislike for the lack of comfort, the Boy ended up not buying a single item. To save ourselves from wasting our time, I bought a couple of dishes and picture frames. And then I treated us to a wonderful hot dog lunch for $3.50. Can't beat that!
But, the Boy still has no furniture and we are still forced to sit on the floor to watch TV.
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