IKEA trip

Today, I had to get my car registration transferred over to Damian's name from his friend's name who we bought the car from, so we had to go up to Yokohama and we decided to make a day of it and go right down the street and go to IKEA too. Kate drove because she has the biggest car and we were going to IKEA!!! We got to the car place went to registration, after I paid, she sent us to building #2... I turned all of my paperwork in and the man explained the computer system was down and it was going to be awhile... so instead of waiting we went to IKEA and would stop and pick up my paperwork after shopping!


IKEA here is exactly the same as IKEA at home... it's weird but it was very comforting for me! We had a blast walking around and looking at everything and getting lots of good stuff!!! I got some barstools for our kitchen counter, some closet organizers for clothes storage, a side table for the living room, and a rug to cover the ugly carpet this place has.. and a few other little things! It was a very successful trip and it was a miracle we could all fit everything we bought into Kate's car for the ride home!

I have had my license now for about 2 weeks and I haven't driven off base quite yet... I'm just not ready! Kate drove today and Lo came with us too, she's a great navigator! Basically all the main highways are toll roads... and I'm not talking Mass Pike tolls... these are a lot more money! I think the total today was somewhere around $27, and from what I hear, that's nothing. I do have to say the roads are in really good condition.. no potholes or bumps or anything! The speed limit on the highways here varies between 60-80kph... that's not very fast but many people go around 100-120kph. It took us about 45 minutes to get home, the traffic wasn't too bad today and I paid very close attention to all the turns and signs so that sometime soon I can take a trip off base without having a panic attack! As you can see the signs are in Japanese, but also have English in tiny letters underneath... My favorite part of the trip was the toll booth workers, they were all so nice and had the cutest smiles... I wanted to take them all home with me... They even thank you... in the US, you're lucky if the toll booth worker stops their conversation on their bluetooth headset when you drive through, never mind thanks you!!!!

Check out ALL my loot.... whoop whoop!












Japanese word(s) of the day:
Kawaii: Cute (*do not get this confused with Kowai (scary)... especially if you are saying a baby is kawaii... yikes!)

P.S. Kate says "hi" to all my readers/followers :)