Girls Day Adventure

My neighbor Jan was over at my house one day while I was grating cheese and commented on this fantastic cheese grater that Cassie had given to me, which I just love and use ALL the time.  I thought I could buy it online at Ikea, but that didn't work out so well.  Our closest store is in Charlotte, so I decided to drive there to get it and asked Jan if she would like to come along.  She said she had never been there before, and asked why I was going.  Then she just laughed and said I should not go all the way to Charlotte for her cheese grater!! But I informed her I'd be going with or without her, so she might as well come and "experience" Ikea, which I assured her would be totally worth the trip.  She invited her BFF Tina and Tina's daughter Stephanie to come along too.  So we had us a merry band of girls for a road trip to Charlotte, in search of this special item.

The one I have

The one I got for Jan

Of course we couldn't just head right into the big store, we needed nourishment first!!

Lunch at Boardwalk Billy's

 As anticipated, we did some grand shopping at Ikea!  Stephanie is getting married in October, and she found a nice cabinet that she can put in her new house, which they are remodeling.  Jan found some must have items too, but Tina was the best shopper since she got out of there spending the least amount of money!

Jan gets her cheese grater!

We did stay a little too late, though, and ended up in a massive traffic jam trying to get out of Charlotte.  While we waited at a dead stop on the freeway, I made a command decision that I would find us an alternate route!

This is what we looked like.. ugh! I left PHX because of this!

I found us a way out of that mess, and we got home not too much longer than if I had stayed on the highway.  Plus we had a nice scenic country drive, which was fabulous!