Eight Days a Week?

Not much going on the past week or so....haven't found time to go to a tile store without dragging small children along with me ( "dragging" should be taken literally when referring to bringing my kids to any home improvement type store). After our experience at the Green Building Center, I am looking for a chance to visit a tile store without kids. After all, I missed the perfect countertop choice when I was at the GBC with the kids and only saw it when I went back alone. I figured that a tile store would be the same...one trip without kids is the same as several visits with them. (One visit would not only take less time, it would seem like less time since I would not be listening to "Can we leave yet?" requests over and over and over.)
We could revise our budget a bit to add a significant amount to cover babysitters....would that be worth getting a floor or light fixture or sink that is not exactly what we want? Right now it isn't, but if I can't figure out a solution soon, I may change my priorities. Of course, it's been worse because of a fever that kept one home a couple days, snow and ice delaying school opening, and the start of afternoon activities for both of them that don't allow more than 40 minutes of uninterrupted time in a single stretch--I know I'll need longer than that to find the right floor--I'm just too obsessive over this to make a quick decision. Where is that 8th day of the week? I need it!