If you have not been to Ikea, you just won't believe your eyes when you get there! When one opened up about 45 minutes away from our house, we ignored the advice to check it out, thinking, how great can a furniture store be? Boy oh boy, were we wrong! We finally took the trip and we were amazed at the sheer size of the place, the variety of merchandise, the restaurant, the snack bar, and the unbelieveble, incredible, ridiculously low prices! Things were so inexpensive, we were sure they were mismarked. The kids were not bored for an instant, and my husband and I were wide-eyed as children in a candy store. Although we completely filled our trunk on that trip, we can't wait to go back! (Bonus: if you go to the one in Stoughton, Massachusetts, there is a Christmas Tree Shop next door!)