I love Ikea. I love to walk through the Showroom and imagine what my house would look like all sleek and modern and Swedish-looking. And then I like to go down to the Marketplace and buy cheap batteries and rugs and decorative boxes and chocolates. I would spend all my free time there if I lived near one. I really identified with that guy in Fight Club.
My favorite cheap things to buy are Ikea shopping bags. The ones you use in the store are yellow, but they started making them in blue and selling them for 99 cents, probably to stop people from walking off with their yellow ones. Let me repeat that: 99 cents! That makes me want to find random Swedish people and kiss them so much. I bought my first one last year and used it to haul laundry to my Mom’s house when my dryer was broken. Aunt Linda saw it and promptly accused me of stealing it from the store. I was suitably insulted and then explained the color difference. She persisted in insinuating that I was a thief and continues to do so to this day just to amuse herself. I now own 5 of these bags and I’ll probably be going back for more. They are so fantastic. I keep one in the car for emergencies and use one to store crap in the basement. I use them all the time. They’re great for hauling groceries into the house, hauling board games to Gram’s or Uncle Denny’s on picnic days, or even as an overnight bag. I arrived at Chris’ house for the weekend with my stuff in one and he called me a hobo or something, but I don’t care. I'm leaving for the Gibsons' tonight and I'll arrive with my stuff contained in one of these bags and I will probably be called a thief again.
They are awesome. They hold so much and they fold up so small, so you can use one as your overnight bag and then you can toss a folded one into your overnight bag so you can use it to haul home all the crap you buy when visiting your friends because you're all just a bunch of shopaholics who really need help. But these bags really are fantastic. You should definitely buy them. I love the Swedes!
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I hear Aunt Linda is kicking herself for missing the opportunity to accuse you of stealing yet another time. You know her motto "Accuse first, apologize later".
Fight Club- two words- fan tastic.
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