My Get Out of the Damned House activity for yesterday was to go to Ikea. I've never been before, but they opened a store here in Canberra last week, so I thought I'd go check it out to see what the big deal was.
It took me about an hour to get through the store. I don't think I saw it all, but I saw most of it. I think. I didn't go in the restaurant, because the menu didn't look that great, and there were queues. Long queues. To eat in a giant furniture store. Fuck. That.
I was surprised by the number of people out there. I knew there were big crowds when it opened, but I thought that mid-day on a Tuesday would be a pretty safe bet. That's the way it seems to work at Costco. But not at Ikea. Maybe it's too new. Maybe it's more popular. I have no idea, but there were a lot of people there. Not crazy-crowded, but it took a while to find a place to park, and it wouldn't have taken too many more people inside before it started to feel uncomfortably crowded.
I guess I can see the appeal. They sell a lot of stuff. And the prices seemed pretty good. I don't shop for that kind of stuff to know for sure, but from what I've heard, they sell stuff cheap. Or they sell cheap stuff, however you want to look at it.
And I guess I had an idea about what Ikea furniture looked like. That there was a certain Ikea style that I'd easily recognize. So I was surprised by the variety. And by the fact that I wouldn't mind having some of it in our house. I didn't buy anything, but I wouldn't be surprised if I bought something the next time I go.
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