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gabbyh
10-13-2007, 03:11 PM
Now all I need is a Wegmans and I'll be set:D

My husband works for the company that is doing the counter tops for IKEA, so we got to go to the friends/family store preview today for the Sunrise, Florida store! For just a few hours I thought I was back in King of Prussia:D

Of course the store layout is the same...but it's huge, with lots of cool new things...I didn't shop today...just made my list...and it's rather large;)

~Gail
KristiB
10-13-2007, 03:35 PM
If you go during the grand opening be sure and take riot gear.

When IKEA opened here it was INSANE!!
sneezles
10-13-2007, 04:34 PM
If you go during the grand opening be sure and take riot gear.



I find the one in Houston still way too crazy and it's been open for about 10 years! I avoid it like the plague!;)
Robyn1007
10-13-2007, 04:35 PM
I find the one in Houston still way too crazy and it's been open for about 10 years! I avoid it like the plague!;)

Both times I've been there it's been first thing when they open which is tolerable.
KristiB
10-13-2007, 04:40 PM
People have been seriously injured and killed during IKEA grand openings:

Crush chaos at Ikea store opening (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4252421.stm)

Three die in Saudi shop stampede (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3618190.stm)
Jalapeno
10-13-2007, 05:01 PM
Oh I love Ikea....you can get 1000 tea lights for $4 or $5. I need to make a candle run again.
Puppylove
10-13-2007, 06:41 PM
My husband works for the company that is doing the counter tops for IKEA,

ummmm . . . shouldn't IKEA be using THEIR countertops?! ;)
gabbyh
10-13-2007, 06:55 PM
ummmm . . . shouldn't IKEA be using THEIR countertops?! ;)

IKEA doesn't have Zodiac, Corian, or Granite...only their laminate and butcher block tops...they're branching out in South Florida:D

~Gail
kim21
10-14-2007, 07:37 AM
I heard that Ikea is coming to Tampa, as well, with the groundbreaking set for early next year. I'm hopeful! I remember that the news bit left me laughing with a reference to Ikea fans as "rabid."...here's a little burb...the Herald Tribune, describes..."The Swedish company -- rabidly followed by those who love its modern, utilitarian furniture..."

:D

enjoy!

editing to add...Wegmans, yes...Wegmans...having lived in Rochester for close to 30 years...I miss Wegmans...
LakeMartinGal
10-14-2007, 08:24 AM
OK, now I'm officially jealous! We just got a Whole Foods in Birmingham, 90 minutes away and a Costco in Montgomery, 60 minutes away! It'll be years until we get an Ikea!:rolleyes:
cookieee
10-14-2007, 09:01 AM
Now all I need is a Wegmans and I'll be set:D

My husband works for the company that is doing the counter tops for IKEA, so we got to go to the friends/family store preview today for the Sunrise, Florida store! For just a few hours I thought I was back in King of Prussia:D

Of course the store layout is the same...but it's huge, with lots of cool new things...I didn't shop today...just made my list...and it's rather large;)

~Gail

Gail, is that at the Sawgrass Mall? Or close to it?
ErinM
10-14-2007, 09:12 AM
I think I'll shock everyone here when I say...I've never been to IKEA! :eek:
gabbyh
10-14-2007, 11:02 AM
Gail, is that at the Sawgrass Mall? Or close to it?

It's about 5 minutes away...right when you get off 595...at exit 1A (136th)...just went to be a sticky-beak (as my Aussie would say:D ) yesterday since we have the wedding coming up on the week-end...but I made my list!

~Gail
cookieee
10-14-2007, 11:05 AM
It's about 5 minutes away...right when you get off 595...at exit 1A (136th)...just went to be a sticky-beak (as my Aussie would say:D ) yesterday since we have the wedding coming up on the week-end...but I made my list!

~Gail

Thanks for the info. We moved away from Sunrise and now everything winds up going there. :rolleyes: . What do you mean "the wedding"?
gabbyh
10-14-2007, 11:41 AM
.... What do you mean "the wedding"?

My son Gregory is getting married at the Rusty Pelican overlooking Biscayne Bay in Miami on Saturday evening:D

All of his younger cousins will be in the wedding...it should be a fun day...we love Adrienne, his bride-to-be...he is only 29 and once-divorced...my prayers were answered when he met Adrienne;)

~Gail