An extremely frustrating little voyage today. Actually, two frustrating voyages. The first was to get valid driver's licenses from the apparently hard-nosed state of Washington. We realized that, in addition to bringing our entire bank vault into the DMV, we'd need to wait about thirty days 'til we got a utility bill. Awesome.
We walked away from the DMV empty-handed, and headed off to IKEA to furnish our barren little apartment. They deliver same-day if you buy everything by 3p, so that was our goal. We arrived at the store at 11:15, so we figured we'd have a leisurely, fun shopping trip.
It was chaos - too many people, too much stuff, too many rooms. I felt the haze of shopping almost immediately. Thank God that Alec was feeling super-duper patient.
We were there from 11:15 - 3:05, and we were completely done shopping at 12:56. The delay of our departure was due exclusively to the unhelpful and frankly lazy-ass employees.
To top it off, we discovered that a) we were charged for an extra chair and b) a lamp shade had been stolen from a box.
Arg.
Alec is putting together the TV that we bought (a really, really nice plasma screen) while I alternate between tidying clothes and wishing I could find a SuperCutz for a cheap haircut. Copper, of course, is napping on the newly mated duvet and pillow set.
Sorry you had a bad experience.
ReplyDeleteDid you get some nice stuff?
I found IKEA very busy and hectic when we went to the Charlotte store. I always go into a stupor in those big box stores. I seem to forget why I am there and what I was looking for.
We did find some awesome looking furniture. We actually finished assembling the bed last night (well most of it), and it was the most amazing sleep I've had in a long time.
ReplyDeleteI guess Ikea works just fine if you're just looking for a bed, or a small amount of furniture. The issue was that we had to pluck six carts worth of stuff. We ended up having something like 34 non-descriptive rectangular cardboard boxes. The net result should be a pretty adult looking apartment, but one that will probably take all weekend to assemble. :-)