Good ol' Ikea and The Home Depot

If you need a toilet bowl brush, a bed, a shoe organizer, a plant and a package of Swedish meatballs, where do you go? Ikea of course! We went to Ikea a few days ago to get a few things. It's exactly like ours in Atlanta. They have Small land (where you leave your kids to play), but here they get to play for TWO hours instead of the 45 minutes you get at Ikea! I was nervous about leaving Adam at first, not because we are in Saudi Arabia, but because i'm always slightly nervous for him to be away from me in places like this. Honestly, I was more worried about the nasty ball pit in the play area than anything else. Anyways, I dumped him dropped him off and gave him a big kiss and hug, and I went and did my shopping. I had about 3 women stop me to ask me something, and three times I had to say "I don't speak Arabic". I do speak Moroccan, but it's a different dialect that Saudi's don't speak. One woman seemed confused that I was wearing hijab and had on a black Abaya but I didn't speak Arabic, lol. Another woman asked me in broken English where the cash register was, and I told her in broken Saudi dialect which way to go. We worked it out.

Door to enter the mosque in Ikea (in the baby section)

Women's mosque inside of Ikea

Bacon!!

Germs! Virus! Yuck! Fun!!

Sister fell asleep on her daddy

Meatballs, anyone?

I was walking around in this section in the front of the store waiting for Adam and Hisham to come downstairs. They started closing up for prayer. I had to tell the guy to let me out (I had the stroller and the chain was pulled too tight for me to get under it with the stroller and sophia in the baby carrier without bending down real low). I would get tired of putting this chain up and taking it down every day for each prayer.

This is a Bentley, for those who don't know. This car starts at about $180,000. No, that's not a typo. One hundred eighty thousand dollars. o-n-e h-u-n-d-r-e-d e-i-g-h-t-y t-h-o-u-s-a-n-d d-o-l-l-a-r-s
This place is heaven for car lovers.

We didn't really go to The Home Depot, we went to a store called Abyat, they have got to be affiliated with The Home Depot (I actually sent an email to ask on their FAQ page). It's a home improvement/furniture store. Their main color in their sign is orange. Hmmm.

In the furniture section, they have the rooms already set up for you. They have very European, or very Arab styles. They even price match! 

This is from their website: Our Lowest Price Guarantee that ensures you get the best value for money, regardless of what you buy from ABYAT. This means that if you find an identical product at a local retail store a lower price within 30 days of purchase, we will not only match the competitor's price, we will also give you an additional discount on that item.

It's a huge store. Huge.

I thought these were curtains until I got closer. Rows and rows of wallpaper. Some of it was actually really nice.

Everyone in the world needs a can of WD40

This is a boat, not a tub!

Adam kept trying to sit in the sink displays, he thought they were seats.

Outdoor lighting section

They couldn't have all of that modern stuff and not have a selection for the old school folks