On 4/24/2015 12:28 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
> We're going to be going to Ikea! I have never been in one. I used to
> want to go but now that I can't eat the Swedish Meatballs, there is no
> real desire to go on my part. But they are not near here and I can get
> a ride so I shall go.
>
> I don't think they have anything there that I can eat in their cafe but
> I will still go and look.
>
> Is there anything else I should make a point of looking at? From what I
> have read online, I will have to wend my way through the store to get to
> what we are going there to buy, which is a desk. I would just get it
> online but I am not paying for it so...
>
> I know they have lingonberries but I am surrounded by those here anyway
> so no need to look for those. And given the poor quality of the kitchen
> carts that I bought a few years ago, I am leery of anything they sell.
> The one cart seemed fine at first. But something was wrong with the
> second one and the middle shelf/bin just wouldn't hold any weight. It
> would immediately slide down to the bottom. And now the other one is
> doing the same. I actually cringed when I saw them being used in a
> kid's toy room on some house show the other day. I was like... Noooooo!
>
> I can't really think of a thing that I need in the kitchen department
> but perhaps there are foods? Do they sell much in the way of foods? I
> am mostly familiar with the furniture which for the most part I think of
> as junk. Good looking but junk. We'll see how the desk holds up.


Try and avoid the IKEA couples argument syndrome.

http://www.fastcodesign.com/3034573/...-relationships

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandst...re-eva-wiseman