16 April 2007

we r in ur ikeas eating all ur meatballz

I'm beginning to think that Ikea know full well when they've chosen a name that is going to make their more infantile customers snigger into their big yellow bags We were *cough* more restrained than that and anyways I had remembered to bring my big blue bag.

I think we were fairly successful we didn't source all the innovative storage solutions we were after but we got stuff for the kitchen, bedroom, a really really lovely dark purple duvet set and two throw cushions and a new floor lamp for the living room. We avoided buying the attractive, fun, but ultimately useless stuff that Ikea is so well known for. I was tempted for a short while by the multicultural, male, Russian dolls but sense and lack of space restrained me.

6 comments:

  1. My dream job would be working for Ikea thinking up the names for new products. Maybe a laundry basket called Gusset or a bookself called Flange...

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  2. Or a mirror called Frak :-)
    Oh wait........

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  3. The Pound hit the $2 mark. So for me, that "great deal" works out to not such a great deal. $1 for a hanger? I guess it would be cheap wire made in China hangers for me.

    Now if I want to go to the UK it will cost me even more. I knew I should have bought some Pound notes when the exchange rate was lower! Too late now.

    It sucks. But not so much for you. A trip to the USA is that much cheaper for you now.

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  4. 8... 3 point 99 - that's bumerang! :-D

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  5. I think the tag line 'solid wood' should be copyrighted... if only there was a trades description law for all areas of life - hey ho...

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  6. oooh, they're selling multicultural, male, Russian dolls?

    i'm there

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