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Friday morning, I picked Courtney up at around 9 and we drove and drove and drove until we reached DC. Our first stop was IKEA. It was our first IKEA experience and we were both pretty much floored. That place is amazing. The entire gigantic second floor is a showroom and it took us close to two hours to make it through the whole thing and pick out what we wanted. After doing so much shopping, we were pretty famished. Thankfully, IKEA anticipates the hunger that comes from seeing so much cool stuff, and provides a restaurant right in the store.

Once we were done with our tasty meals, we headed down to the first-floor marketplace and loaded up the cart (which, btw, was like the ones in Ireland where all four wheels swivel… they’re hard to drive until you get the hang of it). I got a desk, speaker stands, a wire mesh trashcan, a cool lamp, and a towel. Courtney wanted to get a sweet overhead light fixture, but they were sold out. Oh well, I guess we’ll have to go back (yeah, big disappointment there ;-).

Being right next to Potomac Mills, we had to go do some more shopping. So we went to Old Navy, Music 4 Less, and Gap. I got some nice shirts at Old Navy and Gap, and since Music 4 Less was having a going out of business sale, I was able to pick up Sasha’s Airdrawndagger which I had been wanting for a while, as well as The Right Amount by Bon Voyage. I also got an Underworld single. Yay shopping!

Then it was on to Clarendon, for the now-traditional meal at Big Bowl and visit to the Apple store. Big Bowl was delicious as always, and the Apple store had something new this time! Oh yes, the 17" PowerBook was finally available to be played with. After hearing so much about that baby, it was awesome to finally touch one. My decision to purchase one has now been solidified. Completely. There’s really no other laptop like it.

Once we were done drooling in the Apple store, we browsed through Pottery Barn and Crate and Barrel. Both had some pretty cool stuff, of course.

As Courtney said, it was the best Good Friday ever.

♫ DJ Muzik98 - Light Edition Volume II

Tags: ikea, Shopping