Katie's New Apartment

Most of what was in Katie's Prius

Today (July 5) was the big day for Katie as she finally got her keys to her new apartment.  The apartment is located in the gated complex, Clock Tower Apartments, and her unit comes with a free covered parking space.  Katie is very excited about this as she is sick of birds and the trees of Chicago dropping various things onto her car.

Kitchen in Katie's new Apartment

The unit is very nice with a bit more room the place she lived in for her last 3 years in Chicago.  After unloading her car and moving all the stuff previously removed from the car and sitting in our hotel suite, it presents a pretty impressive pile of belongings.  How she managed to squeeze all that into a Prius is beyond me (note- the picture here does not include her 32" TV and my luggage and camera bag).  One big reason all of Katie's belongings fit into the Prius is that she got rid of all her furniture under the theory that it would cost more to move it than it was worth.  That leaves her with a bit of shopping to do.
After lunch (left over pizza from our dinner with Jamie and Larry) we headed south to the IKEA store on the other side of the city.  Of all the IKEA furniture Katie had in Chicago the one piece she really liked and wanted to re-purchase if possible was the small kitchen table with 4 chairs ($149 total).  It must be a popular piece as we were able to find the exact same item 5 years later at a different IKEA location.  In addition to this unit, she bought a new TV stand a utility shelf, pots and pans, dishes, glasses and flatware.  By the time we returned to her apartment and unloaded it was after 6:00 PM and we all agreed we would go get dinner and call it an evening.  Assembly of the new furniture could wait until the morning.