As I mentioned in my previous post, I went to IKEA in Charlotte on my way to Louisville. Now, many of you road-wise people may be going, "Wait a minute. Charlotte isn't on the way to Louisville!" Yep. It's not. I know that now. So let me paint the picture of how this came to be....
I had been wanting to go to IKEA for a while now, just hadn't had any reasons other than that to go to Atlanta or Charlotte (the closest locations). My departure time for Louisville had changed several times throughout the week and then Thursday night I got the great idea to just leave at my original time (early), hit up an IKEA, and still arrive at the agreed upon time. Brilliant, right?
So Friday morning dawns bright and cold and I text my friend and ask if there's an IKEA in Louisville. She said no, but you pass one in Charlotte. Now, let me stop here and explain why I took her word right away. My friend's parents live in this area and she came here at least 1-2 times a month during football season the last two years, so I assumed she knew this drive pretty well. I mean why would I question her, right?
So, I finish loading Roxie (my car), plug IKEA in Charlotte into my GPS and hit the road. So as I'm driving by myself, I had a list of people to call, one being my grandmother - Mema, as she had had surgery a few days before. Now growing up, I had taken many roadtrips with Mema and Papa, including several to Louisville while my uncle was in seminary there. Mema still knows the way, very well actually. So as I mention that I'm on my way to Charlotte, she says several times "I don't think that's on the way to Louisville." Now me, being bullheaded, said "Yeah it is. It's just a different way to go"...getting quieter every time I said it as the doubt was now starting to sink in, that maybe, just maybe Charlotte is not on the way to Louisville.
So I finally get to IKEA, get in and out in 30 minutes (Amazing, right? Especially considering it was my first time ever going to IKEA), and then hop back into the car. I contemplate swinging by Nordstrom to make a return, but see its about 30 minutes away so nix that idea. Then I plug my friend's address into my GPS and realize my trip to Louisville, which should have taken 6 hours and 15 minutes, is now going to take me 7 hours and 20 minutes, on top of the hour and a half I had already driven to Charlotte. At this point I just heave a heavy sigh and then chuckle at myself. In my friend's defense, I texted her early in the morning while she was multitasking. In my defense, I should've checked the map first. Oh well, I was happy I finally went to IKEA and got everything I was looking for! And, I got to travel across the entire state of NC, which was pretty to look at while I drove on through!
And what was I looking for on this grand adventure to IKEA? I'm glad you asked!
One of the things I was looking for was a rod to hold tins that would hold plants. (see picture below - that makes it a bit easier to understand!) My old roommate had one that we hung coffee mugs on, but since I don't drink coffee that wasn't very appealing to me. Lately, I've been using a lot of herbs and thought it would be cool to get one of those hanging things to hold herbs, so ta da! Right now, I have basil and mint in my tins!
I also got a hand towel holder because the way my bathroom is setup, there is a wall between the sink and the hand towels in my bathroom. I'd been wanting to get a holder for this wall for quite some time, so was excited for this too!
Ikea may have been out of the way, but I'm glad I went, because every good road trip needs a good story!
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