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10 Jul 2004
Since our plans had to be radically restructured, we decided that we would make an en route visit to Ikea. We weren't intending to buy anything1; it was more of a reconnaissance mission to check out the lie of the land and sit on some sofas. Our current flat is fully furnished, and while we have a few pieces of furniture that we have somehow managed to shoe-horn in amongst the truly horrible pieces that came with the flat, we'll need some more after we move if we're going to avoid sitting and sleeping on the floor.
You'll have to bear with me here, as I'm sure that everyone reading is a seasoned Ikea professional—"been there, done that, bought a million tea lights for £1.50". But I've only been once, several years ago, and Mr. Bsag was an Ikea virgin. We must have looked like slack-jawed yokels wandering around the shelves, uttering awed statements about the cheapness and beauty of everything on display; "Look! That rug is only £7.50! Here's a little bamboo plant for two quid!". The fact that we have no need of any more rugs—or indeed any bamboo at all—is neither here nor there. It really is a bewildering place.
If you have been to Ikea before, I'm sure you'll be impressed that we did manage to come away without making a single purchase. In fact, we were up by two little Ikea pencils, which we forgot to replace in the holder. I don't feel too guilty, though. By the time we've bought some furniture for the new place I'm sure that we will have paid for our pencils many times over.
1 I imagine this is a common plaintive cry when people find themselves back at their car in a dazed state, and are surprised to find bags full of CD shelves and place mats in their hands.
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You academics in your ivory towers, insulated from all the horrors of real life! 
by ThoughtBadger @ 10/07/2004 9:08 pm • Permalink •
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O' yes. The wonders of Ikealand. A place where you go to get some minor furnishings for your apartment and come away furnishing someone else's apartment. But ALL looked so nice, and was super affordable 
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All about Ikea. The stuff they have there ranges from decent to amazing for prices that are doable. Big fan, always. nice blog.
by Nicole Chirimar @ 12/07/2004 11:08 am • Permalink •
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My SO and I nearly furnished our entire first apartment with IKEA furniture ... this doesn't sound impressive until I remind people that the state we lived in at the time didn't have any IKEAs, so we had to drive 5+ hours to get to the nearest store.
Now we live within easy driving distance of an IKEA and it's deadly for our finances ... but boy are the stores fun to wander around. And that lingonberry juice! Oh!
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You're supposed to take the pencils with you. They're too short to actually use for anything, but they'll serve as a reminder that you need to go to IKEA again!----- Hehe
I don't think we'll need a reminder—the fact that we're sitting on the floorboards is likely to be reminder enough.
by bsag @ 10/07/2004 5:07 pm • Permalink •