A long-awaited visit

A couple of years ago I had to run to Austin to pick up my brother-in-law from the airport. That's when I first saw it. Ikea. Right there in Round Rock. In vain, I mentioned out loud that I wanted to visit that store one day.

Yesterday was that one day. Yeehaw! My mom had some business in Austin, and since I only had Emma and Jake, I hitched a ride. It didn't take much begging for my mom to agree to a stop in Round Rock.

It was all I imagined. I came home and asked Paul if we could get rid of everything we had and re-buy it all from Ikea. Well, he didn't say yes. I loved their kids' stuff. It is so adorable. A lot of their chairs are so cute, too. I loved their organization stuff, and I want to go back and buy Emma a "real" dresser there someday soon.

Honestly though, I'm a practical person and since our house is fully furnished and bedrooms are overflowing, I was severely restricted in what I could buy. I did pick up 8 of these puppies. We've had the same Dollar General glasses for years now. The best part, these glasses were only 59 cents each! I know. Crazy. I should have bought 10!

One last thing. When we lived in Provo, there was a Target-like store that opened up in Orem. It had restricted parking for "Pregnant Moms Only". Kinda fitting in Provo/Orem. I thought it was thoughtful (especially since I was pregnant 3 times in the 5 years we lived there.) Ikea had restricted parking, too, but for something else. I'm not making this up, but the first parking stall in our row had a parking sign that said "Electric/Hybrid Parking Only." It's sad to note that the stall remained empty the whole 1-2 hours we were there.