Last night I asked Matt what I should blog about today, and he told me to tell you about the two little hoodies I bought for Penny yesterday at Target for $1 and $1.50 respectively. So, I bought her first hoodies, one navy and one white, and now you are all sure that she is my daughter. Because you will probably see her in a hoodie, jeans & sneakers ALL THE TIME. Why wear anything else, I ask?
But I didn’t just want to write about that because all week long it’s been baby this and baby that, and my male readership is about to fizzle away and die like those female Olympic snowboarders if they keep fallin’ on their noggins! I’ll go ahead and be the jerk and say that I don’t watch the Olympics to watch people fall, I watch the Olympics to be amazed that they don’t fall! PUH-LEAZE!
What I really want to blog about today is how excited I am to be driving up to Cincy tomorrow to meet up with my BFF at IKEA and shop the day away. In some ways this is not the best time for me to be going there because I have a million things I want to get once our upstairs has been drywalled, and it’s just not there yet. But in many other ways it’s a great time for me to go because I won’t spend all the money I’d be spending on the stuff for our upstairs yet, so maybe we can eat during the month of March.
I thought it would behoove me to make a little list of the things I need so that when I get there I don’t go too hog wild, and here is the short list:
- curtain solution for our bedroom
- coffee table (old coffee table will be painted and going upstairs to the “den” when it has walls and a ceiling)
- 1 white queen sized duvet cover
- rocking chair for Penelope’s room
- 2 chaise loungers for the backyard
- maybe a few of their cheap throw pillow inserts
But you know what I’m really a sucker for at IKEA? Not organizational items, not dishware, not rugs… their plants and planters! I have a very hard time walking out of there without picking up some more plants, and to be honest, I have my hands full of houseplants right now. I don’t need any more. But I can always use a few more pots, so I might fill up my cart with those.
I’m also excited to scope out the kids section for the first time. I got a feeling that’s going to be a goldmine.
While perusing IKEA’s website to figure out what I needed, I came across a couple of new products that I thought were really cool. Take a look at these:
Solar-powered pendant lamps for use outdoors! I think these are fabulous and would look wonderful on a back patio that was covered with a pergola.
This little alarm clock might be too cute to say no to.
These “gardening bags” can be used as pots for plants, or I can think of about a hundred other uses for a very inexpensive and colorful bag. How about storage containers for kids toys? Or a true gardening bag – to be taken out to the garden with you when you pick your fresh veggies and herbs? Love em.
And finally, nightlights! Guess we’re going to have to start rockin some of these in our house. I better go now and make room for all the new junk I’ll be picking up tomorrow!
February 19th, 2010 at 1:27 pm
You are a FREAK!!!
February 19th, 2010 at 2:09 pm
hmmm… freak in a good way or freak in a bad way? i’ve been called both.
February 19th, 2010 at 4:05 pm
Oohhhh, I wish I could join y’all! You’re going to love the kids’ section.
February 20th, 2010 at 9:04 pm
I own that clock. You may have it. It ticks so loudly that I shoved it in the back of a drawer and covered it with underwear until it wound down. Plus B had to peel me off the ceiling after the alarm went off…I think that clock was designed for fire departments, not for residential use.
Have a blast at Ikea!
February 22nd, 2010 at 6:56 pm
oo, i’m glad you gave me the heads up. the last thing i need is a shrieking sound early in the morning. i have a feeling i’m going to have enough of that going on in the upcoming months as it is.