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IKEA trip 2009


A few weeks ago my sister-in-law, mother-in-law, Anikka and I took a trip up to Minneapolis to go shopping at IKEA. If you haven't heard of IKEA before, you're really missing out, it's like it's own city in there, the stores are SO big, the products sleek, well-designed, simple and clean-cut, and dirt cheap. They don't sell a lot online unfortunately (they don't need to!), but it's better in person anyway. We rented a van and took the back seats out and came home with this:
That's right. Barely a square foot left. 2 Flatbeds ,3 shopping carts , and 7 hours of browsing and we're back on the road.
She just saw the bill.
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Jess said…
i love ikea!!!!! and that last pic of anikka is CLASSIC.

xo
jess
October 26, 2009 at 1:26 PM
HHF said…
omg. that pic of anikka is amazing. holy cow. and that's exactly what our trailblazer looked like after IKEA in chicago. lol. :)
October 26, 2009 at 4:54 PM
StephG said…
LOL, the pic of your baby and caption are hilarious!!! Living in the same city as an Ikea is dangerous. Our truck looks like that almost everytime we go. Eek!
October 27, 2009 at 10:35 AM
Lori said…
jealous!! i can't wait to see it in your house. :)
October 27, 2009 at 4:35 PM
Desiree said…
Oh gosh. So in love with IKEA.
Definitely thinking about making a trip up to one soon!
October 28, 2009 at 12:31 AM
Lizzi Beduya said…
LOL... go IKEA! I love it there!
October 28, 2009 at 2:29 PM
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