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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 05:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jfc013.livejournal.com
Gotta second the vote for the meatballs. Sometimes it's the only reason I go to IKEA. The lingonberry juice is also yummy. Last time we hit one was in Pittsburgh, and we got a toy tent (that now houses most of our Beanie Babies) and a chair consisting of inflatable plastic cylinders in a silver fabric cover. It's bizarre! I loooove IKEA!

Date: 2003-08-23 08:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fajrdrako.livejournal.com
Lingonberry juice? I missed that one! Quick, I hafeta go back!

Toy tents: they had one this time shaped like a medieval castle. I longed for it just as I would have when I was five years old.

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