ma plotte est à terre

[jawnbc]

We set out early to slay the retail beast that is the IKEA. We chose to stalk our prey at the newer, bigger, farther Coquitlam branch. So we bused, Skytrained, then bussed again. It was all so very exciting. OK, not really...

We went out there because we wanted to check out some other furniture stores: we had a default table from IKEA, assuming we couldn’t find something better. We visited 4 furniture stores, but ended up back @ IKEA. Where we also got 6 chairs, a TV stand, some folding chairs for the balcony, and a torchière. PLUS a couple of extra place settings for our dinnerware (so we can have 8 for dinner), some desk lamps blah blah blah.

We also stopped in one of those stock clearance places and found a DVD player for $30....a region-free one at that!

It was a long, at times tedious day, but we kept each other in good humour. Which is really nice.

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Ikea

[paulintoronto.livejournal.com]

I once had a student who had recently emmigrated from Sweden, and she claimed that "ikea" is not the Swedish word for "common sense." In fact, she stared at me in disbelieve when I explained that Canadians, through the magic of advertising, had been taught that little lesson in Swedish vocabulary.

[fluffernutters.livejournal.com]

Of course you know that was me, right? *blush*

[zurcherart.livejournal.com]

I loves Ikea.

Diablo and I just now spent 30 romantic minutes perusing the new catalog. 'Cause of work schedules he went Friday. I'm going tomorrow. weeeee He was supposed to buy me a lamp Friday. But he was looking for a wurfel (which he couldn't find) and the lamp I showed him today in the catalog, he claims, looks more like a kugel. I think boyfriends shouldn't be so literal when they force you to speak to them in a language you've known for less than five years.