From Megan Crossman-Great tip for parents!

Ikea is an amazingly cheap outing for me & the kids (my husband is staunchly anti-Ikea). I drop the older kids off at the FREE 1 hour of childcare which includes a ballpit, coloring, movies and giant clogs (?). Then the youngest one and I shop for cheap straws, herring and meatballs. Then we enjoy 50 cent hotdogs for lunch. This must only be done during the week, weekends are too crowded.