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I just got back from a trip to Ikea. I had no need for furniture or lamps or anything major, though my friends did. And believe me, there was a sofa or two I could be persuaded to love. I needed a dish-rack and a saucepan. I got a saucepan, two semitransparent blue plastic trays, placemats, a lamp lit by tea candles (for the next big blackout), and a toilet brush.

And I had a wonderful time browsing. I love stuff there, even when it's things I wouldn't want to put in any house - like a bookshelf in the shape of a check-mark. Shelving, I adore good shelving - oh for a dozen sets of good bookshelves - and a place to put them!

I ran into an old friend named Shelley. "Phone me," she said. "E-mail me." She is a friend I have been planning or hoping to invite over for dinner for about two decades now. (Friends who haven't been invited over for a mere two or three years may cease to feel neglected, reading that.) This time I mean it. Can't e-mail her, I don't have her address, but a phone call is a real possibility.

I went into Michaels and swooned over their rubber stamping books. What is it that makes me love the art of rubber stamps so well? I make many greeting cards and gift tags and the like; pretty rudimentary stuff; I don't take the time to do anything ambitious. But how I love to see it. I was on a rubber-stamp mailing list for a while and loved seeing the terrific things people have made.

Another joy was discovering how good the food in the Ikea cafeteria is. I had an open-face egg and shrimp sandwich. Brings a smile to my face, really.

I had to think of "Fight Club", where the Narrator is referred to as "Ikea-boy". I can really relate.

Date: 2003-08-23 03:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dargie.livejournal.com
Mmmm, I adore Ikea! Try their Swedish meatballs someday. And I am SO going to get Ikea bookcases when I redo this place.

Rubberstamping, too? Girl, you and I were born to be friends.

Date: 2003-08-23 08:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fajrdrako.livejournal.com
I was looking at the ad for the Swedish meatballs at Ikea. Very tempting indeed.

As for rubber stamps - d'you think it's one of those secret vices we shouldn't talk about? (g)

Date: 2003-08-23 08:55 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dargie.livejournal.com
As for rubber stamps - d'you think it's one of those secret vices we shouldn't talk about? (g)

Depends. How resistant are you to expressions of total, glazed boredom on the faces of your friends? LOL

Date: 2003-08-23 09:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fajrdrako.livejournal.com
....Well, if the subject is medieval history, I can go on for ages before their dazed tuning-out registers. It's probably the same with rubber stamps!

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