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.