Long time, no post, things are good — working, Y’ing, Ing-ing. But hey!
I’m going to be in Norwood, MA next month for a conference, which conveniently puts me next to the most Northeasterly IKEA. I’ve been to IKEA once before (hi, annemarie!) and loved it, but at that time I was restricted to what I could carry in one hand, as I was flying home. This time, I have a station wagon.
So, IKEA fans, I know that the website and catalog only show so much — the things I’ve already put in my mental shopping cart are one of those $10 green rocking toys, and probably a kids Poang (or table and chairs for Ing? Can’t decide on that one…) and some kitchen stuff – paring knives, and maybe some pillows or cushiony things. (I’m doing a ton of reading in bed lately, and my pillows are suffering.)
Ahhhh, consumerism.
I find their kitchen equipment is very cheap and not great quality. Unless you really don’t care about the quality, buy the knives elsewhere.
Um, we have the kids Poang (and the grownup one – it’s our nursing chair!) and just got a table and chairs for her Christmas gift. So go for both, even if you don’t have room, like us! Ingrid wants to be just like Nora! 😉
Their toys are fabulous and great prices too. We will be going to get some birthday presents for Lula soon! My advice is to bring a list, I walk in there and there is SO much to see that I completely forget what I came for (but still manage to spend $$$) Oh and the second piece of advice is to not be surprised if something is out of stock. It seemed to happen all the time, but has gotten better around here recently. Oh man, have a great time!