Went to the store today, not any store, the Ikea store, the one that opened yesterday. I had no trouble finding it, could see it from the freeway. Place is huge, wasn’t enough parking and many of us ended out in the dirt lot a long, long way away. The line waiting to get in the lot, any lot, was long too. Should have clued me in, but well, I was there so I parked and hooved it over to the store.

Inside, we were directed, or is it herded, upstairs. They gave us a map, clue here. Handout had instructions about the tags and, on the back, space to mark down what you want and where it is. Mostly I didn’t want but wanted to take a looksee. Place was fascinating, had whole not just room setups, but apartment setups. Had some imaginative use of small space. Back to the hugeness, floor had arrows and there were signs and maps so you could see where you were and find your way around.

Only problem was it’s hugeness which made for one tired me by the time I actually made it to the checkout. And, as it was packed, they had not just tons of checkouts but people going thru the line with handheld checkers. That was thoughtful. Got thru that relatively fast, yes I did get something, and headed out, bypassing the food goodies, for the long walk back to the car. Now I’m totally exhausted. Won’t do that again in any hurry.