today i had to go pick up a few things. since there's no chance that sean will read this blog before he gets home tonight (or ever, for that matter) i can tell you that i organized his office for him for valentine's day. seriously, we have lived here since may and the man had not unpacked boxes or taken out his trash ONCE. after the splinter of 2003, i stopped cleaning his office, but that's another story... anyway, i needed to use the bathtub in the office bathroom for storage, which is no problem since i don't see sean taking bubble baths while he's on conference calls, so i needed a screen to hide the junk in the tub. that was my number one goal. i also wanted to pick up some simple plastic storage thingys for his papers and business cards, as well as a six-pack of champagne glasses for prosecco drinking. yeah, that's how we roll.
so i get to IKEA, go through the top section and can't find the screen i had previously found online. no worries, i figure i'll just look it up downstairs. i'm prepared, and know the german word - raumteiler. when i get downstairs i grab a cart. but not just any cart. the LOUDEST freaking cart in the world. i put stuff in it before i realized how bad it was, so i didn't want to go back and change it out. so i figure out that if i go very, very slowly and actually pull UP on the cart as we're moving forward, i can keep it to a dull roar. but this means i'm there longer, so i quickly abandon that plan and burn through there like a freight train. of course it's 2pm on a thursday, so the store isn't crowded, and is relatively quiet EXCEPT FOR ME. when i get to the stacks, i look up the screen i need on the computer and they don't have any in stock. i figure i'll try a different furniture store on the way home so i skip that and head to the cashier. when i'm checking out, the cashier first tells me that i've grabbed a display item, and i can't buy it, so there's one thing i need gone. then she gets to the paper trays and notices they are bent, so there are now two things i need that i don't have. there was no way i was going back inside, so i ended up with champagne glasses and a few other things i didn't really need.
i did go back in after i went to the car and loaded my haul. i got a hot dog, which was okay, and some blueberry soup, which i am strangely excited about. so there's my silver lining. and i ended up, two stores later, with everything i need including a shower curtain rod for the bathroom. it looks great, and i am excited to show sean when he gets home.
this WILL be the last nice thing i do for him that involves IKEA.
3 comments:
I've never seen blueberry soup in our IKEA - interesting, I don't know that I would be brave enough to try it. And yes, I hate that you feel trapped when upstairs at the store that never ends!
i find it so weird that you would eat something like blueberry soup. here is one area where we are definitely different. it sounds freaky to me. i wouldn't touch it. also, i don't like blueberries.
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