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Feb. 4th, 2006 07:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
miko2After checking in with my apartment manager and learning that A) I didn't have any mail yet B) No, they still didn't have a working mailbox key made for me, and C) No, they also didn't have a key for the storage room ("we have to replace the lock" -- they've been saying this to me for two weeks now), I went for a drive.
I drove up Auburn Highway, or whatever it's called. I think it's basically the East Valley Highway, because it runs all the way North just like the West Valley Highway does. Earlier I'd checked out Ikea and Home Depot on the web and had decided that Home Depot was the best place to find a cheap ladder to use for my bed. I had failed to check on where Home Depot might be located in my area, but I just assumed that if I followed the road North I'd eventually come across one, or something like it.
I passed at least four Les Schwab tire centers on my meandering path North into Kent. I drove past Ikea and over to Southcenter, on the theory that surely there was a Home Depot there. I finally came across it after deciding that it didn't exist and turning about to head back - as it turns out, you really can't see it coming from the East, but going back West I saw it easily.
A nice 6' fiberglass and aluminum ladder (which is all I really need) was $19.99. It's not pretty, but it should work just fine. ^_^ After that I decided to forego shopping at Ikea (I don't need more shelving at this point, I just want it eventually) and I headed home. I also avoided getting the $49.99 microwave oven at Home Depot for the same reason -- I want one eventually, but it's hardly a pressing need.
That was about it for my big day. Oh, and I placed my new phone on the national do not call list. ^_^
I drove up Auburn Highway, or whatever it's called. I think it's basically the East Valley Highway, because it runs all the way North just like the West Valley Highway does. Earlier I'd checked out Ikea and Home Depot on the web and had decided that Home Depot was the best place to find a cheap ladder to use for my bed. I had failed to check on where Home Depot might be located in my area, but I just assumed that if I followed the road North I'd eventually come across one, or something like it.
I passed at least four Les Schwab tire centers on my meandering path North into Kent. I drove past Ikea and over to Southcenter, on the theory that surely there was a Home Depot there. I finally came across it after deciding that it didn't exist and turning about to head back - as it turns out, you really can't see it coming from the East, but going back West I saw it easily.
A nice 6' fiberglass and aluminum ladder (which is all I really need) was $19.99. It's not pretty, but it should work just fine. ^_^ After that I decided to forego shopping at Ikea (I don't need more shelving at this point, I just want it eventually) and I headed home. I also avoided getting the $49.99 microwave oven at Home Depot for the same reason -- I want one eventually, but it's hardly a pressing need.
That was about it for my big day. Oh, and I placed my new phone on the national do not call list. ^_^
