(From our last trip to Ikea. Yep, filled up 2 Saabs with cheap Swedish design. If we were better looking, it would be like we were actually in Sweden!)
I did Ikea yesterday. Yes, I DID IT. Like if I climbed a mountain, I'd totally be like, "I JUST DID THIS MOUNTAIN!"
Yeah, yeah. I know what you want to say. But let me just stop you right there. I know that Wal-Mart is evil, and Target is sometimes evil, and Costco is not evil, at least compared to Sam's Club, but still sells a bunch of crap made in sweat shops. And I just assume that Ikea is evil because nothing can be so prevalent and cheap without human rights violations or destroying the middle class, or whatever. But I just don't want to know. Which makes me evil too. And I'm still so high on clever pull out day beds and 99 cent picture frames, that I don't even care!
When I can afford to buy everything from Room and Board, like my Cousin the Venture Capitalist, then I'll never shop at Ikea again. Then I'll care. But unfortunately, we're still working our way up to Ikea. We're still transitioning from furniture other people gave us for free and working up to buying new stuff (that is made out of particle board and comes in flat boxes.) And my kid needs a bed! Especially one that oh-so-cleverly pulls out into a king sized bed and still has usable drawers underneath. For under $300!
And seriously, this is how awesome Ikea is. Last time we went, we took two cars (above) and Jonathan drove with MH. So I assumed that since he had the kid, he was also in charge of the diaper bag (which I packed, which I left next to the door). Of course, we arrive, 100 miles away from home, without diapers. But here's the thing: Ikea has free diapers in the bathroom! This must be how it is to live in Sweden.
So I'll post some pictures of the bed when it's all put together. Right now it's just a pile of boxes in our hallway. But MH's birthday is this weekend, so it should be done by then. Or whenever. But definitely by Christmas, when J's family is coming and staying with us.
Yes, six adults, one toddler, and two fat beagles in a 800 square foot, 2 bedroom house. But that's a whole 'nother post.
I've never been! Is it as wonderful as they say it is?!
ReplyDeleteIt is wondrous, Kate. But be prepared, especially if you're going with Carter. That 30 Rock episode about couples breaking up at Ikea is totally factual! (Also if you go with your mom instead, then she buys you stuff.)
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