Sunday at Ikea in England
What do loads of people do on the weekends in England (or anywhere for that matter)? GO TO IKEA!!! IKEA is Sweden’s answer to Utopia. Flat pack hell genius from lovely Swedish designers have transformed our homes into stylish, affordable, mdf-filled collections. You truly can transform a room for well under £1000 with all of the things on offer. I do love Ikea.
The layout of the store is exceptionally clever if slightly dizzying. You generally must traverse the entire store in order to check out. And the craftily placed cafe in the middle of the maze is another well thought out design. Meatball sustinance is necessary to continue on through the cushions and fabric and children’s section. The only question is: Lingenberry sauce or no? Personally, it’s a no from me but hubby likes his Lingenberries.
This past Sunday, 29 August, hubby and I left Little Miss with her grandparents and journeyed to IKEA at Lakeside in Essex. We had already done 2 reconnaissance missions at the Milton Keynes IKEA to scope out the state of sofas and dining tables. We had managed to save a bit of money and I FINALLY SOLD A PUSHCHAIR so we chose to buy some NEW furniture for ourselves. Neither Hubby nor I had ever purchased NEW furniture. And we’d never really purchased anything TOGETHER. The time had come.
What do you suppose our first port of call was when we arrived at the IKEA wonderland? THE CAFE! 2 orders of meatballs, chips and gravy (10 for me, 15 for hubby who’d wished he had ordered 20). Hubby was a bit excited so we sort of inhaled the meatballs and dashed into the store for some selecting. After the requisite marathon walk through the store, we arrived at the Self-Serve warehouse area. We needed 2 trollies to collect our new furniture- 2 Klippan sofas + Almas Red covers, 1 Bjursta Dining Table, 1 Borlje dining chair (we’d already purchased 1 in a previous reccie mission) and 4 sofa cushions. Ka-ching!
But perhaps the best purchase? The bag of Daim bars and the Almondy tart with Daim bars. MMMMMMmmmm! I love Swedish things! This is how we spent our Sunday 29 August, 2010. Like so many English and Americans and other members of other countires. Sunday at IKEA in England…what better way to spend the day? Any day with meatballs and Daim bars is pretty good in my mind.
This post was written in support of Tara Cain’s The Gallery at Sticky Fingers. The theme this week is Sunday, August 29, 2010. Everyone who participates is showing how they spent their Sunday in England (or possibly another country). See what Sunday 29 August looked like by visiting Sticky Fingers on Wednesday.
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You had the meatballs – my favourite. That sauce is the best. IKEA on a Bank Holiday weekend is a tradition. When you can find it – we usually have a few trips round the north circular.
Sounds like a great day out!
We have only dared to enter IKEA once and are still recovering. Flat-pack is a swear word in our house!
Ooh you’re brave going to Ikea on a bank holiday! We usually try and go midweek when the kids are at school!
Congratulations. You’re the first person I’ve ever met who likes IKEA. We have one just a couple of miles away and it is my very own theatre of pain. Don’t get me wrong; I’m no flat-pack-phobe. The store itself is just plain tortuous. And those big yellow bags?? What’s that all about?
(I like the cheap batteries they sell though)
Good pics and a great vignette of modern life.
We love IKEA too, we went there on Sunday as well….to the Wembley one. Is there IKEA in Canada?
Mmmm, Daim bars! x
I try not to go at weekends. I have nightmares thinking about going to the Wembley one on Sundays! Our nearest now is Warrington and the kids love it as they get to go in the (free) creche for however long it is.
I think most of our house is Ikea.
you are a brave lady on a bank holiday!
I do love ikea but the man seems to think its a hideous place, he can only be persuaded to go if heavy lifting is required and he is sustained with meatballs, almondy tart and dime bars, and then he moos on the way round in annoyance at the herding layout!
I’m not sure where anyone would get furniture without ikea, though I did recently discover, to my amazement, that a friend’s sister has never been … how is that possible???
What Did You Do Today Mama…I don’t know how anyone can NOT have been to an IKEA! If only for the meatballs and Daim cake! Goodness me…must be from the back woods!
Notes and Red Shoes- I know…it was a bit of a battle but then, it nearly always is really! We survived and managed to get it all into the vehicle unscathed! Score!
Kate- Little Miss is too young for the creche, darn it all to Hell! She makes the trip ever so much more challenging. But there’s lots to bounce on and play with throughout the store so there you go. We nearly had to go to Wembley but then chose Lakeside…very nice, thank you very much!
Lindsey- I’m currently restricting myself to only a handful a day (they’re the bite sized ones). We do have an Almondy tart in the fridge still though! YUM!
Mirka- I don’t know if there’s IKEA in Canada…I’m guessing so but it is possible that a corner of the world is not able to suffer through the pain of flat-pack, Swedish designed furniture! Boo.
Him Up North…I do love IKEA…FACT. Someone’s got to! Those big yellow bags are rather vomitous though. I do agree with that observation!
Emma- I needed the hubby! Plus, he likes to tag along. With tape measure and pencil! Men!
Ally- It was a great day out, in part, because we left Little Miss happily with her grandparents! IKEA with children is a bit daunting!
Deer Baby- Meatballs are our favourites as well. It’s hard to turn down the 20 option…hubby regretted only having 15! How funny!