Another Ikea trip...

Jason and I had been thinking about moving to a new apartment but we have decided we will stay where we are. With the decision to stay in our apartment was the decision that we finally had to decorate and really make it into our space. With that in mind we decided a trip to Ikea was needed. We secured our babysitter for the Sunday. Saturday night we measured everything and went through the Ikea catalog and website. We made our list of what we needed along with measurements. We wanted to make the trip as short as possible. That is a laugh! I'm convinced we just can't get out of Ikea in under 5 hours!!! I don't know what it is. When we went before I assumed the long time was becuase we had the kids with us and we didn't really know what we wanted. I was wrong. Apparently there is something about the store that makes it impossible to get in and out quickly. We left our apartment at 9:45 and got back at 4:15. We thought we would speed up the process by taking a cab since it takes about an hour to get to Ikea by metro. Thank goodness we took a cab or it would have taken another hour out of our day. I was grateful that the kids were not with us since I was exhausted which means they would have been miserable. The good thing though is that we got everything we needed (although we had to make a couple substitions). We brought as much home as we could and shipped the rest. With the stuff that we brought home yesterday the apartment is already looking better. I can't wait to get everything else delivered. I am at home now awaiting the Ikea delivery people. Once it arrives, let the building begin!