Return to IKEA
My face, after suffering sunburn and being freeze-dried, is rough. My lips are chapped, and I’ve lost my voice, but despite the ravages of camping out I’m the happiest girl in the world today.
And obviously insane as I went back this afternoon to see how it was going, and to see if the Ektorp chair was gone from As-Is. It was. But getting in and out and buying some of the double decker chocolate Havreflarn cookies took 30 minutes, and that includes chatting to a coworker at the food store that I met in Detroit. Saw another from the line on the way out so I don’t feel SO crazy.
I have to say though, finding a parking spot was dang near effortless. I’m not saying the lot wasn’t full, it was, but there were empty spots to be seen dotted all over it. The parking lot team was keeping track it seemed where there were spaces available and steering cars that way. Busy? Oh yeah. But certainly not the madhouse of yesterday.
And the weather today is so nice I actually opened the windows in the house and turned off the furnace. Also found myself reaching for the AC in the van after it warrmed up in the lot.
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If only we could have had this weather, oh, FOUR DAYS ago!!!
I was only out from 1:30am Wed, and MY face got sunburned and is quite dry… I can’t imagine another 24 hours exposure. Oy.
Sidenote: Havreflarn cookies. Best. Cookies. Ever. I can’t buy a crate, cause I will, all by myself, eat a crate. Double Oy.
I was only out since 11:30pm Tuesday night and my face is Wind Burned! I did take chap stick that I applied vigorously so they are alright.
That’s the thing about as-is, though – sometimes stuff will be there for weeks on end, and other times we’ll stop by, see if there’s something we want, go up for lunch planning to pick it up on the way back down, and it’ll be gone.
One tip though – there should be a doorbell by the access door from as-is into the employees-only area behind it. If you’re looking for something in particular, ring it, and ask them – they usually have TONS of stuff they haven’t processed yet, and if they have what you want, you’re really in luck.
Hello campers, I’m an Ikea nut from Indianapolis and I’m deliriously happy with the new store, a tad over 1 1/2 hours from my door!! Bolingbrook IL is 3 1/2 hours so this is quite an improvement!! I went yesterday (Thurs) and was kind of disappointed that it wasn’t jam-packed, I want this store to stay open forever!! They don’t even have to give us an Indiana store, so one less thing for me to complain about!! This store is like the LI, NY store and B-brook, the Schaumburg IL store has tons of stuff on all 3 floors to purchase on the spot, you can only look at displays so much — at some point you get really tense and the only thing that helps is to PUT ITEMS IN YOUR CART!!!! : )