- Macy's - at least Macy's includes Alaska with their free shipping promotions! I love a lot of the different clothing brands they carry, as well as many of their home decor and kitchenware options.
- Kate Spade Outlets - Unfortunately you can't shop Kate Spade Outlet merchandise online. However, sometimes KateSpade.com has really amazing deals and they include Alaska for free shipping.
- IKEA - IKEA doesn't ship many of their items to Alaska OR they charge an insane amount for shipping. Example - The storage bench I bought at their physical store (pictured below) would have cost me $40 to ship up here.
- Hobby Lobby - Hobby Lobby has expensive shipping fees. Example - I bought $19.98 worth of merchandise (the big fork and the big spoon which are pictured down below) and it cost $16.95 to ship up here.
I want to share some of my favorite finds from IKEA and Hobby Lobby! Aside from celebrating our anniversary down in Vegas, we were also there to buy home goods for our new residence.
IKEA
I've only gone to IKEA once back in 2014. We only bought a few items since we were still at our condo and we didn't really need anything new. I always make a "Places to eat/Places to shop/Places to see" list and IKEA was at the top of all 3! Haha. Obviously we were only able to buy smaller items that would fit in our luggage. I eventually want to use Shop+Deliver by lulu for large pieces like couches and bed frames whenever we have extra money. I'm glad we went down to see everything in person so now we have a better idea of what to order through them.
DINERA 18-piece dinnerware set, $34.99. When we moved into our new house, I originally wanted to buy white square dinnerware sets. Then we went to IKEA and I saw this beautiful blush pink set and I had to have them! This set includes 6 10" plates, 6 8" side plates, and 6 bowls. For $34.99 it was a steal of a deal. My friend is getting me another set plus 6 mugs. I thought it would be perfect to have 2 full sets for entertaining, especially during holiday parties.
Sean has full control of decorating our kitchen (since I pretty much conquer everywhere else, haha), so I was really happy that he was fine with us getting this set. He has our kitchen mostly decorated with red, black, white, and some yellow... These colors are for Mickey and Minnie Mouse!
KNYC napkin holder, $4.99 + red napkins, $1.99. I thought this napkin holder was very stylish! We ended up buying 2 sets of red napkins to go with the napkin holder. I love how inexpensive the set was and how awesome they look in our kitchen and dining room.
MOLGER storage stool, $39.99. Even though it's "birch" I thought it would look great in our master bathroom. I'm going for a spa like feel in our master bathroom so I have a lot of bamboo pieces. I thought this storage stool would fit great in the space. I plan to put extra shampoos, lotions, and body wash in it. I'm glad that IKEA has how much items weigh on the box! I'm even happier that it fit in our luggage with no problems.
VIGDIS cushion cover, $7.00 + 20" x 20" cushion, $5.99. I bought 4 new cushions for our couch and 4 covers for them. I love how the cushions were packaged - nice and tight in a plastic wrap. I was kind of worried that they wouldn't be fluffy, but when I opened them at home they got so fat! It's been difficult for me to find large cushions in simple colors, so I was very happy when I found these at IKEA.
STOTTA LED light strip, $14.99. We needed lights for our pantry and our entryway closet since there aren't any light switches in them. We found similar strips elsewhere, but you have to plug them in. Our pantry and entryway closet doesn't have any electrical plugins either. I was so relieved when we found this at IKEA at a great price!
HOBBY LOBBY
It was my first time going to Hobby Lobby and oh my goodness - I was so overwhelmed with excitement to be there! I didn't really know what to expect. It's like Michael's but 10x better! Everything we bought was half off and I've listed the retail prices below.
Tan Vintage Minnie Mouse Canvas Art, $24.99
Tan Vintage, Mickey Mouse Canvas Art, $24.99
Vintage Mickey & Minnie Metal Wall Sign, $27.99
These art pieces are going behind our bed.
Kitchen Black Wood Wall Word, $11.99. We hung this up above our sink.
Antique Red Fork Polyresin Wall Decor, $19.99
Antique Red Spoon Polyresin Wall Decor, $19.99
Red Eat Word MDF Wall Decor, $9.99
We bought the Eat sign while we were at Hobby Lobby. Sean found the big fork and the big spoon and we thought it would go great with our kitchen decor. As we were checking out we found out that they weren't on sale, so we regrettably decided not to buy them (I was already spending too much money!). We got home to Alaska and I kept thinking about them, so I looked them up online and found them on sale for half off + $16.95 for shipping. I decided to bite the bullet and order them. I figured the total was less than paying full price and we didn't have to pay tax for them! Haha. In hindsight, I don't think we would have had room for them anyway since our all our luggage was full and almost at the weight limit!
I really wanted the big fork and the big spoon because they're staples in Filipino homes, haha. Plus, there's an episode of Everybody Loves Raymond that revolves around a big fork and a big spoon. If you know us well, you know that Everybody Loves Raymond is one of our favorite shows! These are all going to go in our dining room.
Anchor Wood Wall Shelf, $29.99. We bought 2 of these to go into our half bathroom downstairs. We're going for a Disney Cruise theme in there and I love that these have shelves! We'll eventually spray paint them a different color. We have models of the Disney Cruise line ships that we'll put on the shelves.
Thank you for reading! I hope everyone is having a good week.
Love all your purchases! We have the same napkin holder, haha. And we have a big fork and spoon too that we bought from Target a few years ago. It's so fun to have, lol.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Kathy! I loooove the napkin holder! I wish that they made them in other colors too. What kind of goodies did you buy on your recent trip to IKEA?!
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