Shopping

I don’t like to shop. If I need something, I research whats available, where its available , then I go to the store and buy it and leave. Yesterday, we went “shopping” at one of my least favorite stores . IKEA. If I was going to buy something there, what I do is look it up in the catalog and locate the Isle & Ben where the item is stored. Then I would go to the store and enter the Exit door. Go directly to the proper location, get the item, pay and leave. Now that’s not what those crafty folks at IKEA want you to do. They want you to follow the arrows and snake yourself through the whole store. It was interesting the first time I visited an IKEA. The minimalist displays where they have a complete home configured in 275 Sq Ft are sort of neat. (Notice to those who support Sanders, AOC and all the other Socialist , these mini homes are what they really what they have in mind for every American) . Anyway, like they say, been there, done that. I must admit that I did have a great time at IKEA one time. It was about 10 years ago and we went there with my son, his wife and our just walking granddaughter. The had forgotten to bring a stroller and the granddaughter wanted to be carried. We were just passing some comfortable looking coaches , so I volunteered to take the granddaughter and stay there while they wound their way around the store. I sat down with my granddaughter on my shoulder and she went right to sleep.The coach was off to the side where it was quiet, and it didn’t take long before I joined her in la la land. I don’t know how long we were in that heavenly state till I awoke to find a lady with a camera watching us. She apologized and asked me if I would mind if she took a photo of us. She explained that she was an artist specializing in “Norman Rockwell” type paintings and thought we would make great subjects. My granddaughter face wasn’t visible , so I told her to go ahead and take her picture. I didn’t get her name , so I don’t know if she ever did the painting. Today wasn’t so bad. We snaked through the store , stopping to look at some of the “tiny homes” and left with the cabinet that we had come for. I didn’t realize how long it hd been since we had shopped there until about ten seconds after we paid and I got a text message from my credit card company wanting to verify the purchase.