Ikea~ What Were We Thinking

I'll tell you what we were thinking!  We were thinking that it was 6:00 pm on a Saturday and we had one return and one item to pick up.  How hard could that be? 

Hard! Ver, very hard! 

Ikea was wrecked!  Like, the line went all the way back to the far wall of the warehouse.  And there was deli style number ticket system for returns!  I quickly analyzed our options and decided the split up method was going to be the only thing to keep us sane. 

I headed to the checkout line (I'm much more aggressive in merging lines than JO and Ikea queues are not for the faint of heart) and JO went to the return area. 

I tried my best to resist the aisle shopping that is so easy to sucomb to in situations like this so I feel pretty proud of myself for just leaving with these two Huskies, which will make fun Christmas presents for my niece and nephew.

We managed to get through in just an hour, so I guess I have nothing to complain about.  On the way out we met two guys who had been inside the Ikea for seven hours!!!

On the way home we even hit up Target and the mall!  That's like the triathlon of retail!  I'm pretty sure we are ready for holiday shopping season after that!