I am not a frequent IKEA shopper. We live 1/2 way between 2 stores and both are about 20-25 mins away if traffic is good. Wesley and I went to one of the stores on Friday and I never realized just how family friendly a furniture store could be! The store we went to was sold out of 2 of the items I was looking for, but they were in stock at the other store, so off to Ikea we went - again. This time I brought the camera... just to tell you a little bit about the store.
#1 The Coke machine takes credit cards - I have never seen this before... maybe I just haven't been buying many cokes from vending machines lately, but I just thought this was weird. I knew Americans are relying more and more on credit, but if you can't pony up a buck 25 for a coke maybe you shouldn't be buy a coke... Seriously though, I know most people don't carry much cash these days, so I get it but still...
#2 Ikea is having a "sale" in their cafe where kids eat free. So I got this whole tray of food for Wesley and I for $7.72. My meatballs were $4.99 and the slice of apple cake was $2 something. That is A LOT of food for seven bucks. Sale ends August 16th... we may have to sneak in an Ikea trip before then...
#3 Wesley LOVED the food at the Ikea cafe! He gobbled up the meatballs, mashed potatoes and apple sauce, but he ADORED his Uncrustable - a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. He looked so cute, eating it up!
#4 Ikea has little play areas all over the store... Of course the play/display area in the toddler section was the most fun, but it was so nice to be able to let Wesley out of the stroller and not have to police everything he touched or tried to climb on. They are truly a family friendly store and even have a play room where you can drop you kids off while you shop. Wesley is too young for that (and the kid has to be potty trained) just yet, but that is a really nice feature - and it's free!
All this on top of really good pricing... No wonder Ikea has a global presence!
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