I (heart) Ikea

So Mike is away this week doing some training across the state. I had decided before the kids and I would join him and I could go shopping as Holland had nothing, go to Ikea, visit with a friend and let the kids use the pool at the hotel. Monday started out great. I got my errands done before I left, drop the dog off, stop at my SIL's in Lansing to deliver some Pampered Chef .... all is going smoothly. I'm thinking I'm going to arrive early so maybe I can hit some stores that I'd like to go to. Then the kids fall asleep so the store idea is out then I hit stand-still traffic. I think my exit is only a couple of miles so it shouldn't be bad. Well my exit was closed. The detour exit was actually the road that the hotel was on so it's not so bad. I'll just take the road north right to the hotel. After a couple of miles the road is COMPLETELY closed for construction. I have to drive a couple miles back to find a gas station and figure out how to get to the hotel which was basically doing a big clockwise rectangle. I arrive at the hotel more than an hour after I had passed the closed exit on the highway. I was done. I now remember what traffic is like on that side of the state and I can't handle it. That's probably nothing for those people that live in LA but that's almost death for me. The rest of the visit went great and I went to Ikea this morning. I could easily spend a couple grand in that store but kept myself under $100. Maybe next visit.

I told Mia she really was a superhero today because she saved the day. I arrived at Ikea and was all set to put them into the play area and was told they couldn't come in because they didn't have socks. I didn't pack any socks. I knew Mason had a pair of socks as I found a dirty pair in my coat (yeah, that's my life) and put them in his suitcase but Mia had none. So we're walking back to the car and the kid's are crying that they didn't go play and I'm ticked off that I now have to go by socks somewhere. When the kids were crying "why", I tried explaining they didn't have socks and I had socks for Mason but not for Mia. Mia says, "but Mom I put my flower socks in the black box in the car." (This has to be a REALLY long time ago). I said, "show me". Sure enough she pulls out a pair of pink and green plaid socks. I'm ecstatic. Mia says, "I'm sorry I lied. I thought they were my flower socks but they're not". So I explained to her that didn't matter and she was the superhero that saved the day.