Yesterday was the 14-year anniversary of the day my husband asked me to be his girlfriend. (Insert *awwww* here.) So we celebrated by having a HOT DATE. To Ikea. Because we needed to get our kids a shelf for their toys for Christmas and really, we are running out of time!
But anyways, it was super-fun. We had a great time! I hadn’t been back to Ikea since Emily’s and my Ikea Adventure when it first opened. So I was ready for a night of Swedish furniture and design! And Bobby, being the wonderful husband that he is, was ready to be where I wanted to be.
When we got there we were greeted by this:
Which I am fairly sure is the World’s Largest Picture of Meatballs. It was GIANT, and sent Bobby and me into a fit of giggles!
As soon as we entered into the big blue building, we saw what we wanted. It was literally in between the two entry doors, on a display. It was this:
The Expedit Bookcase! We wandered upstairs to where it’s actually located on display, found some bins to go with it, and then wandered around in wonder at the rest of the cool Swedish stuff on display!
As alluring as the many, many, signs we saw advertising $2.49 Swedish meatballs were, though, we passed on the cafe.
After successfully navigating the self-serve area where Bobby used his He-Man strength to put the big box o’shelf onto a flatbed cart, and then navigating the self-serve checkout, we were on our way out the door. We’d been there less than an hour and were feeling PRETTY pleased with ourselves.
Until we got about three feet into the parking lot and I realized we’d brought MY car (a sedan) instead of BOBBY’S car (a station wagon.)
Bobby and I looked at the box on our flatbed cart, looked at each other, and prayed to the lit-up giant meatballs that it would fit in the back seat of my car!! We could tell by looking that it was way too long for the trunk.
Because really, it was cold as frozen meatballs, and I did NOT want to wait there for an hour while Bobby drove 30 miles north to get his car.
Fortunately, the meatballs shone down upon us, and with lots of creative shoving on Bobby’s part, and me moving the passenger seat ALLLL the way up, it FIT! *Shew*!! My knees were in the dashboard all the way home, but it was WORTH it!
Thanks, a heap, meatballs!
My Late Faterh in Law once got an entire dining room table and six chairs in the back seat of a 1977 Thunderbird.
It was awesome.
and…There are never enough shelves.
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Oh I have so had that happen before! You are lucky your hubby will go to Ikea. Mine looks nauseous at the idea. I pass on the meatballs but not the $2 french toast and bacon breakfast with lingonberry juice. YUM!!! Very cute shelf!
Ahh…never underestimate the power of the meatball. : )
Just so you know, this post has made me hungry and I now have the urge to go shopping at IKEA, because who doesn’t LOVE that place?!?!?! I love the bookshelf and one day maybe I’ll buy it for myself!!!
haha! that’s hilarious. And who doesn’t love a trip to IKEA?
I’m totally addicted to the Lean Cuisine Swedish Meatballs. But I’ve never tried the IKEA ones. I usually save my calories there for a large cinnamon roll. 😉
John’s parents got us the same shelf for christmas! Funny!!
funny…. 🙂
I love the EXPEDIT bookcase! just one word of warning- don’t put anything super-super heavy on top. Mine kinda wasn’t doing so great when I put a 150 lb TV on it!
And did you end up getting some meatballs?
I have been eyeing up the EXPEDIT bookcase for our toyroom (one day will be a home office/study). Can’t wait to hear how they work out! Oh, and the meatballs? To Die For. We’re going there to buy a highchair after Christmas, and I’m so making husband buy me some meatballs. *drools a bit on self*
our ikea is closed because of a broken sprinkler head that spent the night sprinkling… and flooding the place.
that bobby is such a gem! hope all is well in the rapson home.
I once moved an entire apartment in a Honda Prelude. It involved a ficus tree sticking out the sunroof.
When I go to IKEA I do not waste my time on meatballs. I go straight for the cinnamon rolls.
I have a great story about a shopping trip to Ikea (where we got a BED and many other things) AND Grove City outlets in PA… which involed Faith ONLY fitting into the car through the mommobile “trunk” door, and being shoved into her seat through a little hole, and given crayons to color on the box she had to slouch under.
I am amazed and appauled by how much bad grammar I could fit in the last post.
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I have a love/hate for Ikea. We have one in the city I work in. I big big big puffy heart the expedit stuff though. I did a closet makeover with it (see blog), and we recently put one in our son’s closet. It’s sideways and we are using it for toys and book storage.