Back from Ikea! Weeeee! We came home with these:

[bicentennial_baby]

2 of these, except ours have cat ears and whiskers and tails, and are red and blue.



And a bag of frozen Swedish Meatballs, a box of Sweet Oat Crisps, and Meatball Cream Sauce mix.

:woohoo:

[jonnyblitz]

1. I was quite impressed with that bed you assembled.

I would fuck it all up. :scared:

[bicentennial_baby]

2. I am Ikea assemblage master!

I can't do the desk tonight, I have company coming over for the Sox game, but I will put the chair together! :bounce:

:hi:

[jonnyblitz]

8. that's cool!

I may take you up on your election night offer, btw. I will be in charge of refreshments!1

have a nice night relaxing with your company! i will be around....:hi:

[bicentennial_baby]

13. We'd love that!! Yay!

We're chilling, watching the Sox still. Sniffa's telling his stories... you know how that goes. :rofl:

[Shakespeare]

3. Hey! I used to have that same computer desk in the birch finish!

Really well made piece. You'll like it.

And now I want meatballs. :9

:hi: :loveya:

[bicentennial_baby]

5. Sniffa has the bigger one that goes in a corner

I put that one together too. :D

I'm excited to have a desk! I just have to rearrange the spare room so I have somewhere to put it. :rofl:

[Chicken Girl]

4. I have that chair!

Sitting in it right now.

Nice, isn't it?

[bicentennial_baby]

6. Yeah, I tried it out at the store, very comfy!

I'm excited for it. :)

[wain]

7. Did you check out their bargain bin?

That's the first place I go when visiting Ikea. There are wonderful bargains to be had!

Nice finds shopping. I just love Ikea.

[LibertyLover]

9. When making the cream sauce for the meatballs

you have to stir the dickens out of it to get the lumps out. We have, on occasion, dumped it in the blender to de-lump it and still had lumps. IIRC, you are supposed to add the mix to liquid. What I do now is put the powdered mix in the pan I intend to cook it in, add some liquid then mix it up very well into a thick paste. Then I add small amounts of liquid to the paste, stirring well the whole time. Once all the liquid is in and I'm fairly sure there are as few lumps as possible, then I start to heat it. If you happen to have one of those hand-held blenders, you could try using it to stir the gravy. But no matter what, the meatballs and gravy are very tasty. Nice computer station as well - a good shopping trip.

[ghostsofgiants]

10. Fun!

[ulysses]

11. nice!

I owe what little organization I have going on to Ikea.

[stuntcat]

12. we have that exact chair!

It's at my husband's computer.

The little cat box things must be A-dorable!

[Chovexani]

14. I have the pet bed you're talking about!

My cat loves it. It's the only pet bed he will sleep in.

[bicentennial_baby]

15. They dig them so far...but I had to place them apart

b/c they wanted to attack each other through the walls. :rofl:

[Shakespeare]

20. Here are my two, fighting over their IKEA cat bed.

:eyes:

Brutus won the day.

[friedgreentomatoes]

16. We too went to Ikea today...

bought a MALM 4-drawer chest of drawers
a FLARKE desk (computer desk)
a dining table
and a FLARKE bookcase.
:)

[bicentennial_baby]

17. We have the Malm Queen Sized bed with occasional table

I loooooove it. :D

[Shakespeare]

21. The table that connects to the bed frame?

That's what we just got, too! Queen size in birch. I got two way-cool reading lights and mounted them to the tops of each nightstand thingie. Awesomeness.

[Solon]

18. So...how many spare parts were you left with, and did anything fall apart yet?

:P

[bicentennial_baby]

19. Ha!

My house is turning into an Ikea showroom. So far, nothing has fallen apart, even the bed, given the wear and tear. :evilgrin: