5cents a bag...

I'm sitting in the IKEA parking lot using my laptop and blogging. Why I'm at the parking lot is trivial, - killing some time before study circle, vs driving 45mins north just to drive back down soon after - but...IKEA has made me feel less empty:)

I'm back to feeling the same contentment I once felt in life. Who knows how long that feeling will last, but while it's here i'm milkin it to the max!

so what caused this feeling? actually nothing super complex. I've always loved IKEA and hadn't been here in a while. Every weekend I would think about it and then brush it aside, or not have time. Today finally was the day i was destined to grace IKEA with my presence:) I had two high school visits in Chandler and IKEA's only minutes from where I was gonna be. So I planned on stopping here after the visits since I didn't have any plans that were set in stone. everything was in the works, so I had time to kill. I luv coming to IKEA with infinite amount of time to spend. Actually, I try to avoid even going in if I don't have too much time. It's not really your average go in, go to the aisle you need, pick up something, go to the register, leave, kinda place.

anyways...I walked through the ENTIRE store! yes, even the garage and utility room storage section:D and then got to the marketplace. Finally time to actually pick up the things that caught my eye. I grabbed a few things I needed, and some things I pretend to need and headed to the register, after stopping by the garden section. I bought 2 new plants. For those of you that've known me for a while, you know how therapeutic plants can be for me:) I can't wait to get home and re-pot!
anyways...back to the marketplace and register. On a normal IKEA day the register lines are so long! so i just stand in line vs browsing the lanes that are right by the registers. but today i had time to do that as well! i finally wheel my cart to the register area and see that they have self checkout stations! SELF CHECKOUT AT IKEA! what a concept:) I know I know...not that big a deal to get so excited. but I am, and since this is my space to share whatever....here goes...IKEA HAS SELF CHECKOUT LINES!!!!!!!

so i get through my routine and finally bag stuff up. I've been trying really hard to conserve and minimize on the plastic I use and things like that. So I do my thing and put as many things as I can in as few bags as possible. and then i hit the pay and checkout button. and the computer asks me how many bags i've used. so i hit 3. I really only needed 2, but used 3! and I almost didn't pay attention to the computer saying it charged me 15cents! most people would probably have thought that's so silly and absurd - a girl across from me at a different register actually voiced her opinion - but I was thrilled! we're moving up in the world:) corporations like IKEA are moving in the right direction trying to increase awareness and sustainability. I quickly got rid of the 3rd bag i had created and put stuff in a trash can i bought, changed my response for number of bags, checked out and got to the car.

As i started putting away my bags and plants a sense of contentment just filled me with great force! and i just had to log on right away and share. Thanks to the advance of technology! enabling me to use the internet from my car and charge my laptop battery.