In-person shopping recommendations? (Raleigh, NC)

I want to roll things, lift things up, twist them, pass them, see if I like styles/textures, really see layout/dimensions.

With Buy Buy Baby closed, where would you recommend going to test out items you want to put on your registry? Other than Target or Walmart. Please don't waste my time with mentioning them.. of course I'll stop there. I'm looking for larger baby-specific areas or whole baby stores.)

I'm a big online shopper otherwise, but for my first baby, I really want to test drive things before blind-committing or just adding a bunch of random stuff. I just don't want to have to spend months sifting through other people's reviews after useage to see if the product is worth adding. Feeling discouraged. 😔