There are no IKEAs in Alaska. But IKEA is basically like a department store, but with lots of furniture type things. So, we figured that going into department stores would work pretty well.

So the first step in a candle lit dinner is the dinner part. I (the Goddess that is) was in charge of creating our delicious meal. A proper meal has 3 courses; the appetizer, the en tray, then desert. I decided on salad, spaghetti, and berry cobbler. Took me a good hour to make it, plus the baking time on the cobbler. Then I went and picked up Jon. We decided to each course at a different location.

Our first target: Target XD



We found ourselves a table, lit the candle, and served our salad on our real plates. With ranch. We also had actual silverware. We weren't hiding or trying to be discrete. People kept giving us funny looks. An employee who knew Jon walked by and said "Hi Jon." Then he walked away, not even questioning us. Then one of my friends showed up, she said hi, but didn't comment on the eating. Overall it was a peaceful appetizer. When we were done, we blew out the candle and packed up, heading to store #2.


Our second target: Lowe's



This time the table area was rather crowded. As we lit our candle and got out the spaghetti, we got lots of funny looks. There was an employee nearby, but he didn't seem to notice us. About halfway through, a female employee walked up to us and asked what we were doing. We told her just having dinner. She thought it was cool. She took our picture for us. And we got a picture of her. She just laughed and walked off afterward. As we were packing up and getting ready to go, the manager walked by. He saw the then unlit candle and freaked on us. Told us all about how its a fire hazard. He told us to "Take it outside." To which our reply was, "We were already leaving." We left, and headed to our final destination.



Our third targer: Walmart. And not just any Walmart, but a Supercenter. White trash heaven.



We found ourselves some tables and sat down. But then Jon dropped the candle and shattered the glass around it. A guy employee walked over and started cleaning it up. And started talking about Star Wars with Jon and the employee's friend. I didn't understand a good lot of it, as I have never played any of the games or read any Star Wars related material, but Jon did. We bid them farewell and got to our desert. It was delicious. We lit the glassless candle. The dessert was eaten without angsty managers disturbing us. Overall, this was a success.